tyrannis

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === From Ancient Greek τυραννίς (turannís). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tyˈran.nɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [tiˈran.nis] ==== Noun ==== tyrannis f (genitive tyrannidis); third declension tyranny; arbitrary or despotic rule (by extension) the region ruled by a tyrant ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun. ===== Related terms ===== tyrannicē tyrannicus tyrannus ===== Descendants ===== English: tyranny === Etymology 2 === Inflected form of tyrannus (“tyrant, ruler”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tyˈran.niːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [tiˈran.nis] ==== Noun ==== tyrannīs dative/ablative plural of tyrannus === References === “tyrannis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “tyrannis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "tyrannis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “tyrannis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.