A.“-εύσω” E.El.877 (lyr.), Ar.Lys. l.c., -ήσω first in Plu.2.403c, App.BC2.139: aor. “ἐτυράννευσα” Sol.33.6, Hdt. 1.14, Th.6.55,59, Pl.R.576c, Grg.473d, Phdr.238b, etc., “-ησα” E.HF29, X.HG2.2.24: pf. “τετυράννευκα” Isoc.8.113, -ηκα first in Plb.2.59.1:—Pass., fut. “-ηθήσομαι” Sopat. in Rh.8.335 W.; but Med. τυραννήσομαι in pass. sense, D.20.161: aor. “ἐτυραννεύθην” Th.1.18, Pl. (v. infr.), “-ήθην” D.H.4.82, Str.8.6.25:—to be a monarch, absolute ruler, and in aor. to become such, Hdt.1.14, 5.92. έ, Th.6.55, etc.; “ὡς χρὴ τυραννεῖν, Ἰσοκράτους ἠκούσατε” Isoc.3.11; “τυραννεύσασα ἡ ἐπιθυμία” Pl.Phdr.238b: in Poets, to be a prince or princess, E.Med.967.
2. c. gen., to be ruler of a people or place, “τ. Ἀθηνῶν” Sol.33.6; Σαρδίων, Μιλήτου, Ἀθηναίων, Μήδων, Hdt.1.15, 20, 59, 73; χθονός, γαίας, S.OC449, E.El.877 (lyr.), etc.; “τῶν κακιόνων” Id.Fr.1048.6; “Σάμου” Th.1.13; τᾶς πόλιος (sc. Eresus) IG12(2).526d20 (iv B. C.): metaph., [“Κύπρις] Διὸς τυραννεῖ πλευμόνων” S.Fr.941.15.
3. c. acc., “τὸ συμπόσιον” Luc.DMeretr. 3.2 codd.; Μεσσήνην f.l. (cod. S) in D.17.7:— Pass., to be under the sway of τύραννοι, Hdt.5.55, 78, Th.1.18, etc.; “τυραννουμένη πόλις” Pl.R.545c, cf. Hdt.4.137, 5.92.ά, X.HG2.3.48; “ὑπό τινος τυραννήσεσθαι” D.20.161; “τυραννευθεὶς ὑπὸ Ἔρωτος” Pl.R. 574e.
II. to be of a tyrannical disposition, be imperious, Id.Alc. 1.135a, Men.76b.