tyrannicus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τυραννικός (turannikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tyˈran.ni.kus/, [t̪ʏˈränːɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tiˈran.ni.kus/, [t̪iˈränːikus]

Adjective

tyrannicus (feminine tyrannica, neuter tyrannicum, adverb tyrannicē); first/second-declension adjective

1. tyrannous, tyrannical

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	tyrannicus	tyrannica	tyrannicum		tyrannicī	tyrannicae	tyrannica
Genitive	tyrannicī	tyrannicae	tyrannicī		tyrannicōrum	tyrannicārum	tyrannicōrum
Dative	tyrannicō		tyrannicō		tyrannicīs
Accusative	tyrannicum	tyrannicam	tyrannicum		tyrannicōs	tyrannicās	tyrannica
Ablative	tyrannicō	tyrannicā	tyrannicō		tyrannicīs
Vocative	tyrannice	tyrannica	tyrannicum		tyrannicī	tyrannicae	tyrannica

Derived terms

• tyrannicē

Related terms

• tyrannicīda
• tyrannicīdium
• tyrannis
• tyrannoctonus
• tyrannopolīta
• tyrannus

Descendants

• Catalan: tirànic
• English: tyrannic
• French: tyrannique
• Galician: tiránico
• Italian: tirannico
• Occitan: tirannic
• Portuguese: tirânico
• Romanian: tiranic
• Spanish: tiránico

References

• “tyrannicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tyrannicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tyrannicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.