tyrannicida
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tyrannicida, tyrannicidae:
Masculine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
tyrannicide, killer/slayer a tyrant/despot; (e.g., killers of Caesar);
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
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Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...potest exacta reuocari. XXIII. 1. Notus est ille tyrannicida qui, inperfecto opere comprehensus et ab Hippia tortus..." - M
Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...homicida sit, an qui tyrannum in mortem compulit tyrannicida, an carmina magorum veneficium. Res enim manifesta est sciturque..."