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 • (tŭrannís) 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 tŭrannĭ́s	τὼ τῠραννῐ́δε tṑ tŭrannĭ́de	αἱ τῠραννῐ́δες hai tŭrannĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς τῠραννῐ́δος tês tŭrannĭ́dos	τοῖν τῠραννῐ́δοιν toîn tŭrannĭ́doin	τῶν τῠραννῐ́δων tôn tŭrannĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ τῠραννῐ́δῐ têi tŭrannĭ́dĭ	τοῖν τῠραννῐ́δοιν toîn tŭrannĭ́doin	ταῖς τῠραννῐ́σῐ / τῠραννῐ́σῐν taîs tŭrannĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν τῠραννῐ́δᾰ tḕn tŭrannĭ́dă	τὼ τῠραννῐ́δε tṑ tŭrannĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς τῠραννῐ́δᾰς tā̀s tŭrannĭ́dăs
Vocative	τῠραννί tŭranní	τῠραννῐ́δε tŭrannĭ́de	τῠραννῐ́δες tŭrannĭ́des
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.