tyrannis

From Ancient Greek τυραννίς (turannís).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tyˈran.nɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t̪iˈran.nis]

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

Third-declension noun.

• tyrannicē
• tyrannicus
• tyrannus

• English: tyranny

Inflected form of tyrannus (“tyrant, ruler”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tyˈran.niːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t̪iˈran.nis]

tyrannīs

1. dative/ablative plural of tyrannus

• “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