Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tʏˈran.nis/

Noun

tyrannis f ‎(genitive tyrannidis); third declension

1. tyranny; arbitrary or despotic rule
2. (by extension) the region ruled by a tyrant

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

• tyrannicē
• tyrannicus
• tyrannus

Descendants

• English: tyranny

Etymology 2

Inflected form of tyrannus ‎(“tyrant, ruler”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tʏˈran.niːs/

Noun

tyrannīs

1. dative plural of tyrannus
2. ablative plural of tyrannus

Related terms

• sic semper tyrannīs (Thus always to tyrants, shouted by John Wilkes Booth after assassinating Abraham Lincoln.)

References

• tyrannis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tyrannis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• TYRANNIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tyrannis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to take upon oneself absolute power: imperium, regnum, tyrannidem occupare
    
  • to aspire to a despotism: tyrannidem concupiscere
    
  • to establish oneself as despot, tyrant by some means: tyrannidem sibi parere aliqua re