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τύραννος

Second declension Noun; Masc/Fem 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: τύραννος τυράννου

Structure: τυρανν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: tu/rannos is prob. from same Root as ku/rios, koi/ranos.

Sense

  1. absolute ruler (i.e. of gods, kings)
  2. (with negative connotation) tyrant, dictator, despot

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Τί μέλλεισ, ὦ τύραννε̣ ἕτοιμοι γάρ ἐσμεν ἀποθνήσκειν ἢ παραβαίνειν τὰσ πατρίουσ ἡμῶν ἐντολάσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 9:1)
  • σύμβουλε τύραννε παρανομίασ, μὴ ἡμᾶσ μισῶν ὑπὲρ αὐτοὺσ ἡμᾶσ ἐλέει. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 9:3)
  • πείραζε τοιγαροῦν, τύραννε. καὶ τὰσ ἡμῶν ψυχὰσ εἰ θανατώσεισ διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν, μὴ νομίσῃσ ἡμᾶσ βλάπτειν βασανίζων. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 9:7)
  • τύραννε μιαρώτατε καὶ τῆσ οὐρανίου δίκησ ἐχθρὲ καὶ ὠμόφρον, οὐκ ἀνδροφονήσαντά με τοῦτον καταικίζεισ τὸν τρόπον, οὐδὲ ἀσεβήσαντα, ἀλλὰ θείου νόμου προασπίζοντα. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 9:15)
  • οὐ δοκεῖσ πάντων ὠμότατε τύραννε, πλεῖον ἐμοῦ σε νῦν βασανίζεσθαι ὁρῶν σου νικώμενον τὸν τῆσ τυρανίδοσ ὑπερήφανον λογισμὸν ὑπὸ τῆσ διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν ἡμῶν ὑπομονῆσ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 9:30)

Synonyms

  1. absolute ruler

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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