τυραννίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

τύραννος (túrannos) +‎ -ίς (-ís)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ty.ran.nís/ → /ty.ranˈnis/ → /ti.raˈnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ty.ran.nís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ty.ranˈnis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ty.ranˈnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ty.ranˈnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ti.raˈnis/

Noun

τῠραννίς • (turannís) f (genitive τῠραννίδος); third declension

1. monarchy, sovereignty
2. tyranny
3. territory of a princeling
4. (Koine) princess

Declension

Third declension of ἡ τῠραννῐ́ς; τῆς τῠραννῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τῠραννῐ́ς hē turannís	τὼ τῠραννῐ́δε tṑ turanníde	αἱ τῠραννῐ́δες hai turannídes
Genitive	τῆς τῠραννῐ́δος tês turannídos	τοῖν τῠραννῐ́δοιν toîn turannídoin	τῶν τῠραννῐ́δων tôn turannídōn
Dative	τῇ τῠραννῐ́δῐ têi turannídi	τοῖν τῠραννῐ́δοιν toîn turannídoin	ταῖς τῠραννῐ́σῐ / τῠραννῐ́σῐν taîs turannísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν τῠραννῐ́δᾰ tḕn turannída	τὼ τῠραννῐ́δε tṑ turanníde	τᾱ̀ς τῠραννῐ́δᾰς tā̀s turannídas
Vocative	τῠραννί turanní	τῠραννῐ́δε turanníde	τῠραννῐ́δες turannídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• → Latin: tyrannis

Further reading

• τυραννίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “τυραννίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τυραννίς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • autocracy idem, page 54.
  • domination idem, page 247.
  • dynasty idem, page 258.
  • government idem, page 368.
  • kingship idem, page 470.
  • royalty idem, page 724.
  • rule idem, page 725.
  • sovereignty idem, page 797.
  • throne idem, page 870.
  • tyranny idem, page 905.
  • usurpation idem, page 941.