Tyrannus

Proper Name Noun Male Person

1. an absolute sovereign , unlimited by law or constitution, (Herdotus Historicus), etc: not applied to old hereditary sovereignties βασιλεῖαι); such as those of (Homer) or of Sparta; for the term rather regards the irregular way in which the power was gained , than the way in which it was exercised , being applied to the mild Pisistratus, but not to the despotic kings of Persia. However, the word soon came to imply reproach, like our tyrant , (Plato Philosophus), etc. 2. in a wider sense, the tyrant's son , or any member of his family , (Sophocles Tragicus);so, ἡ τύραννος was both the queen herself or a princess , (Euripides) 3. τύραννος, ον, as adjective kingly, royal , [variant dates Tragica Adespota 4. imperious, despotic , (Thucydides); τύραννα δρᾶν (Sophocles Tragicus) τύραννος is probably from same Root as κύριος, κοίρανος. (ML)

Tyrannus

Proper Name Noun Male Person

τύραννος [ῠ], ὁ, also ἡ (see. below 1.2), an absolute ruler, unlimited by law or constitution, first in [Refs], where it is used of a god, Ἆρες. ἀντιβίοισι τύρανν; so ὁ τῶν θεῶν τ, of Zeus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὦ τύραννε τᾶς ἐμᾶς φρενός, i.e. Apollo, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Μὴν Τύραννος, a Phrygian deity worshipped in Attica, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; οὔ, τὴν τ. (perhaps Hera), in an oath, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: first used of monarchs in the time of [Refs 7th c.BC+]; interchangeable with βασιλεύς in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later, chief, princeling, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; τ. ἴδιοι καθ᾽ ἕκαστον ἐμτπόριον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Κλεισθένης ὁ Σικυῶνος τ, Ἱστιαῖος ὁ Μιλήτου τ, etc, [Refs]; ὁ τῶν Κυπρίων τ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; οἱ τ, of the Sicilian tyrants, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the Pisistratidae, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ τ. the monarchical party, προδιδοὺς τοῖς τ. τὴμ πόλιν τὴν Ἐρυθραίων [Refs]: frequently in a bad sense, δημοφάγος τ. [Refs 6th c.BC+] 2) in a wider sense, of members of the ruler's family, οἱ τ. 'the royal house', [Refs 2nd c.AD+] is used both of the queen herself and the king's daughter, princess, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρέπει γὰρ ὡς τ. εἰσορᾶν, of Clytemnestra, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) metaphorically, ἵνα Δίκη τ. ᾖ that Justice may be supreme, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 4) golden-crested wren, Regulus cristatus, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II) τύραννος, ον, as adjective, kingly, royal, τύραννα σκῆπτρα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τύραννα δρᾶν to act as a king, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τύραννον δῶμα the king's palace, [Refs]; τ. δόμος the royal house, [Refs]; ἐς τύρανν᾽ ἐγημάμην into the royal house, [Refs] II.2) imperious, despotic, τ. πόλις [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Masculine

a "tyrant"; Tyrannus, an Ephesian; Tyrannus; a provincial form of the derivative of the base of g2962 (κύριος)