tyrannide
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tyrannis, tyrannidis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
tyranny; position/rule/territory of a tyrant; any cruel/oppressive regime;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- C
Dion
Cornelius Nepos
"...Hipparini filius, Syracusanus, nobili genere natus, utraque implicatus tyrannide Dionysiorum. Namque ille superior Aristomachen, sororem Dionis, habuit..." - D
Satura VIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...Vindice Galba, quod Nero tam saeua crudaque tyrannide fecit? haec opera atque hae sunt generosi principis artes, gaudentis..." - L
Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...patri similiores +sivere+ aut in bellofuit aut in tyrannide aut in libertate bellis ac tyrannis saeviore. Viginti..." - L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...potest, industrius nisi cupit, quietus nisi timet: in tyrannide illi uiuendum est in alicuius adfectus uenienti seruitutem..." - M
Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...publica administranda"; refertur ad aliquid: "an in tyrannide administranda". IX. Sed hic quoque subest velut latens persona tyrannus..."