tyrannis
Short definition (Lewis & Short): The sway of a tyrant, arbitrary or despotic rule, tyranny: ; cf.: ; so : ;:; , ext. 1.
Full entry: Lexicon.
11 occurrences of this form in 8 works (dictionary form exactly as written, accents ignored, v/u and j/i as single letters; inflected forms not included).
Works using this form
- De Officiis
- Letters to Atticus
- Letters to Lucilius
- Letters to Friends
- Philippics
- Satires
- History of Rome (Books 1–10)
- On Tranquility of Mind
Example passages
…At vero Aratus Sicyonius iure laudatur, qui, cum eius civitas quinquaginta annos a tyrannis teneretur, profectus Argis Sicyonem clandestine introitu urbe est potitus, cumque tyrannum Nicoclem improviso oppressisset, sescentos exsules, qui locupletissimi fuerant eius civitatis, restituit……
…et tamen, mi Attice, auguria quoque me incitant quadam spe non dubia nec haec collegi nostri ab Atto sed illa Platonis de tyrannis. nullo enim modo posse video stare istum diutius quin ipse per se etiam languentibus nobis concidat, quippe qui florentissimus ac novus vi, vii diebus ipsi illi egenti ac perditae multitudini in……
……sive liberos indociles et matri quam patri similiores. Si vere reputes, aut in bello fuit aut in tyrannide aut in libertate bellis ac tyrannis saeviore.…