tyrannis

tyrannis, ĭdis (acc. tyrannida, Cic. Att. 14, 14, 2), f., = turannis.

I.

The sway of a tyrant, arbitrary or despotic rule, tyranny:

o di boni! vivit tyrannis, tyrannus occidit,

Cic. Att. 14, 9, 2; cf.:

sublato tyranno tyrannida manere video,

id. ib. 14, 14, 2:

tyrannidem occupare,

id. Off. 2, 23, 90; so Quint. 5, 11, 8:

affectare,

id. 7, 2, 54; 9, 2, 81:

delere,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:

destruere,

Quint. 1, 10, 48; Just. 16, 4, 6; 21, 5, 11; Val. Max. 2, 10, ext. 1;

8, 9, ext. 2: (Pythagoras) odio tyrannidis exsul Sponte erat,

Ov. M. 15, 61:

tyrannis saeva crudaque Neronis,

Juv. 8, 223.—

B.

Transf., the region ruled by a tyrant:

quinque et viginti talenta tyrannidem tuam exhaurirent?

Liv. 28, 14.—

II.

A female tyrant, Treb. XXX. Tyr. 31 fin.; cf. tyranna.