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
Dion
Cornelius Nepos
"...Hipparini filius, Syracusanus, nobili genere natus, utraque implicatus tyrannide Dionysiorum. Namque ille superior Aristomachen, sororem Dionis, habuit..."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..."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..."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..."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..."