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τυ^ρανν-ικός , ή, όν,
A.of or for a τύραννος, royal,αἷμαA.Ag.828; “τρόποισιν οὐ τυραννικοῖςId.Ch.479; “κράτος τ.S.OC373; “λῆμαE.Med.348; δόμος, στέγαι, ib.740, Andr.882; κύκλος τ. the circle or assembly of kings, S.Aj. 749; τ. θέαμα (in good sense) Phalar.Ep.122.1.
2. befitting a tyrant, despotic,τυραννικόν τοι πόλλ᾽ ἐπίστασθαι λέγεινE.Fr.335; “συμφοραὶ τ.that befall a tyrant, Isoc.8.91; smacking of tyranny, τὸ σῦκον (sc. τὸ Αακωνικὸν)“ ἐχθρόν ἐστι καὶ τ.Ar.Fr.108 (troch.); “φρονῶν τυραννικάId.V.507 (troch.); “ξυνωμοσία τ.in favour of tyranny, Th.6.60; “νόμοιPl.R.338e; τι δρᾶσαι τῶν τ. ib.574b; “μαθὼν ἀντὶ τοῦ βασιλικοῦ τὸ τ.X.Cyr.1.3.18; “τὰ τ.the period of the tyrants, Arist.Pol.1303a38.
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