tyrannis

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From Ancient Greek τυραννίς (turannís).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tyrannis f (genitive tyrannidis); third declension

  1. tyranny; arbitrary or despotic rule
    • 1313, Dante Alighieri, “Liber I [Book 1]”, in De monarchia [About monarchy]:
      Genus humanum solum imperante Monarcha, sui, et non alterius gratia, est: tunc enim solum Politiae diriguntur obliquae, democratiae scilicet, oligarchiae atque tyrannides, quae in servitute cogunt genus humanum.
      Only when the monarch rules, mankind exists for his own sake, and not of others: for only then are the twisted governments rightened, namely democracies, oligarchies and tyrannies, which force mankind into slavery.
  2. (by extension) the region ruled by a tyrant
Declension
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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tyrannis tyrannidēs
Genitive tyrannidis tyrannidum
Dative tyrannidī tyrannidibus
Accusative tyrannidem
tyrannida
tyrannidēs
Ablative tyrannide tyrannidibus
Vocative tyrannis tyrannidēs
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Descendants
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  • English: tyranny

Etymology 2

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Inflected form of tyrannus (tyrant, ruler).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tyrannīs

  1. dative/ablative plural of tyrannus

References

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  • 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • tyrannis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], 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