oligarchical
oligarchical
adj.
P. ὀλιγαρχικός.
adj.
P. ὀλιγαρχικός.
OLIGARCHICAL
by circumlocution with substantive; e.g. postquam respublica in paucoruin jus atque ditionem concessit (had assumed an oligarchical form Sall. Cat. 20 4): to be under oligarchical government to have an oligarchical constitution a singulis teneri paucorum potestate regi; paucorum arbitrio belli domique agitari: a person of oligarchical views paucorum potentiae amicus ( Nep. Alc. 5 3).
by circumlocution with substantive; e.g. postquam respublica in paucoruin jus atque ditionem concessit (had assumed an oligarchical form Sall. Cat. 20 4): to be under oligarchical government to have an oligarchical constitution a singulis teneri paucorum potestate regi; paucorum arbitrio belli domique agitari: a person of oligarchical views paucorum potentiae amicus ( Nep. Alc. 5 3).
oligarchical: Phr. an o. government, civitas quae optimatium arbitrio regitur, Cic. Rep. 1, 26; ubi penes de lectos (paucos, optimates) summa rerum est, cf. l. c.: to hold o. opinions, optimatium fautorem esse, Nep. Alc. 5.