τυραννικός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τῠ́ρᾰννος (tŭ́rănnos, “absolute ruler”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ty.ran.ni.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ty.ran.niˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ty.ran.niˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ty.ran.niˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ti.ra.niˈkos/
Adjective
τῠρᾰννῐκός • (tŭrănnĭkós) m (feminine τῠρᾰννῐκή, neuter τῠρᾰννῐκόν); first/second declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | τῠρᾰννῐκός tŭrănnĭkós |
τῠρᾰννῐκή tŭrănnĭkḗ |
τῠρᾰννῐκόν tŭrănnĭkón |
τῠρᾰννῐκώ tŭrănnĭkṓ |
τῠρᾰννῐκᾱ́ tŭrănnĭkā́ |
τῠρᾰννῐκώ tŭrănnĭkṓ |
τῠρᾰννῐκοί tŭrănnĭkoí |
τῠρᾰννῐκαί tŭrănnĭkaí |
τῠρᾰννῐκᾰ́ tŭrănnĭkắ | |||||
| Genitive | τῠρᾰννῐκοῦ tŭrănnĭkoû |
τῠρᾰννῐκῆς tŭrănnĭkês |
τῠρᾰννῐκοῦ tŭrănnĭkoû |
τῠρᾰννῐκοῖν tŭrănnĭkoîn |
τῠρᾰννῐκαῖν tŭrănnĭkaîn |
τῠρᾰννῐκοῖν tŭrănnĭkoîn |
τῠρᾰννῐκῶν tŭrănnĭkôn |
τῠρᾰννῐκῶν tŭrănnĭkôn |
τῠρᾰννῐκῶν tŭrănnĭkôn | |||||
| Dative | τῠρᾰννῐκῷ tŭrănnĭkōî |
τῠρᾰννῐκῇ tŭrănnĭkēî |
τῠρᾰννῐκῷ tŭrănnĭkōî |
τῠρᾰννῐκοῖν tŭrănnĭkoîn |
τῠρᾰννῐκαῖν tŭrănnĭkaîn |
τῠρᾰννῐκοῖν tŭrănnĭkoîn |
τῠρᾰννῐκοῖς tŭrănnĭkoîs |
τῠρᾰννῐκαῖς tŭrănnĭkaîs |
τῠρᾰννῐκοῖς tŭrănnĭkoîs | |||||
| Accusative | τῠρᾰννῐκόν tŭrănnĭkón |
τῠρᾰννῐκήν tŭrănnĭkḗn |
τῠρᾰννῐκόν tŭrănnĭkón |
τῠρᾰννῐκώ tŭrănnĭkṓ |
τῠρᾰννῐκᾱ́ tŭrănnĭkā́ |
τῠρᾰννῐκώ tŭrănnĭkṓ |
τῠρᾰννῐκούς tŭrănnĭkoús |
τῠρᾰννῐκᾱ́ς tŭrănnĭkā́s |
τῠρᾰννῐκᾰ́ tŭrănnĭkắ | |||||
| Vocative | τῠρᾰννῐκέ tŭrănnĭké |
τῠρᾰννῐκή tŭrănnĭkḗ |
τῠρᾰννῐκόν tŭrănnĭkón |
τῠρᾰννῐκώ tŭrănnĭkṓ |
τῠρᾰννῐκᾱ́ tŭrănnĭkā́ |
τῠρᾰννῐκώ tŭrănnĭkṓ |
τῠρᾰννῐκοί tŭrănnĭkoí |
τῠρᾰννῐκαί tŭrănnĭkaí |
τῠρᾰννῐκᾰ́ tŭrănnĭkắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| τῠρᾰννῐκῶς tŭrănnĭkôs |
τῠρᾰννῐκώτερος tŭrănnĭkṓteros |
τῠρᾰννῐκώτᾰτος tŭrănnĭkṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: τυραννικός (tyrannikós)
- → Latin: tyrannicus (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- “τυραννικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τυραννικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- absolute idem, page 4.
- autocratic idem, page 54.
- cavalier idem, page 119.
- despotic idem, page 217.
- dictatorial idem, page 222.
- domineering idem, page 247.
- imperial idem, page 420.
- imperious idem, page 420.
- lordly idem, page 500.
- masterful idem, page 517.
- princely idem, page 641.
- queenly idem, page 664.
- regal idem, page 686.
- royal idem, page 724.
- tyrannical idem, page 905.
- τυραννικός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τυραννικός (turannikós). By surface analysis, τύραννος (týrannos, “tyrant”) + -ικός (-ikós).
Adjective
τυραννικός • (tyrannikós) m (feminine τυραννική, neuter τυραννικό)
- tyrannical (of, or relating to tyranny)