τῠρανν-ίς, ίδος, ἡ,
vocative τυραννί [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 380 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—monarchy, sovereignty, μεγάλης οὐκ ἐρέω τ. [[ 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 25, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.87, 11.53 (_plural_), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 535, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 43, etc.] Refs 7th c.BC+]; of the sovereignty of Zeus, ἡ Διὸς τ. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 10, +others, compare below 11.2:] Refs 4th c.BC+] —but more frequently
__II despotic rule, obtained by force or fraud, tyranny, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 71, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.53, 81, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 417, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.13, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τυραννίδα ἔχετε τὴν ἀρχήν (of the Athenians) [[ [prev. author] 3.37 ] Refs]; τ. ὑμῶν lordship over you, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.30: _metaphorically_, ἡ ἐπιθυμιῶν ἐν ψυχῇ τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 863e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 in concrete sense, ἡ Διὸς τ. royal Zeus, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 345: _plural_, αἱ τυραννίδες,] Refs 5th c.BC+] ={οἱ τύραννοι}, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.137; ἴδεσθε χώρας τὴν διπλῆν τ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 973. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 territory or resources of a princeling, [[Liv. 38.14.12. ] Refs]
__III feminine of τύραννος, princess, [[ LXX.Est.1.18. ] LXX]