tyrannical
tyrannical
adj.
P. and V. τῠραννῐκός. P. δεσποτικός, V. τύραννος.
adj.
P. and V. τῠραννῐκός. P. δεσποτικός, V. τύραννος.
TYRANNICAL
tyrannicus (Cic.: in the Roman sense regius superbus): crudelis: saevus: immanis (cruel). A tyrannical disposition or conduct crudelitas: superbia: animus saevus crudelis.
tyrannicus (Cic.: in the Roman sense regius superbus): crudelis: saevus: immanis (cruel). A tyrannical disposition or conduct crudelitas: superbia: animus saevus crudelis.
tyrannical:
1. ty̆rannĭcus: t. laws, t. leges, Cic. Leg. 1, 15, 42.
2. sŭperbus: Plaut.: Cic. Join: superbus et regius (in the Class. sense): cf. Plin. Pan. 7, fin.
3. acerbe severus, Cic. Off. 3, 31, fin.: v.HARSH , DOMINEER . Phr.: a t. disposition, t. conduct, superbia regia, Liv. 1, 54: v. HAUGHTINESS . Join: superbia et inhumanitas, Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 99; crudelitas: v. CRUELTY . T. government, crudelis superbaque dominatio, Cic. Phil. 3, 14, 34. The mob is either slavish or t., multitudo aut servit humiliter, aut superbe dominatur, Liv. 24, 25.
1. ty̆rannĭcus: t. laws, t. leges, Cic. Leg. 1, 15, 42.
2. sŭperbus: Plaut.: Cic. Join: superbus et regius (in the Class. sense): cf. Plin. Pan. 7, fin.
3. acerbe severus, Cic. Off. 3, 31, fin.: v.