τυραννικός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τύραννος (túrannos, “absolute ruler”) + -ικός (-ikós).
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
τῠραννῐκός • (tŭrannĭkós) m (feminine τῠραννῐκή, neuter τῠραννῐκόν); 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 Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- τυραννικός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “τυραννικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 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.
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)