τυραννίς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
τύραννος (túrannos) + -ίς (-ís)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ty.ran.nís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ty.ranˈnis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ty.ranˈnis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ty.ranˈnis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ti.raˈnis/
Noun
τῠραννίς • (turannís) f (genitive τῠραννίδος); third declension
- monarchy, sovereignty
- tyranny
- territory of a princeling
- (Koine) princess
Declension
Third declension of ἡ τῠραννῐ́ς; τῆς τῠραννῐ́δος (Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ τῠραννῐ́ς hē turannís | τὼ τῠραννῐ́δε tṑ turanníde | αἱ τῠραννῐ́δες hai turannídes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς τῠραννῐ́δος tês turannídos | τοῖν τῠραννῐ́δοιν toîn turannídoin | τῶν τῠραννῐ́δων tôn turannídōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ τῠραννῐ́δῐ têi turannídi | τῠραννῐ́δοιν turannídoin | ταῖς τῠραννῐ́σῐ / τῠραννῐ́σῐν taîs turannísi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν τῠραννῐ́δᾰ tḕn turannída | τῠραννῐ́δε turanníde | τᾱ̀ς τῠραννῐ́δᾰς tā̀s turannídas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τῠραννί turanní | τῠραννῐ́δε turanníde | τῠραννῐ́δες turannídes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: tyrannis
Further reading
- τυραννίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- τυραννίς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τυραννίς in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- autocracy idem, page 54.
- domination idem, page 247.
- dynasty idem, page 258.
- government idem, page 368.
- kingship idem, page 470.
- royalty idem, page 724.
- rule idem, page 725.
- sovereignty idem, page 797.
- throne idem, page 870.
- tyranny idem, page 905.
- usurpation idem, page 941.