τυραννεύω

A. ‐εύσω E. El. 877 (lyr.), Ar. Lys. l.c., ‐ήσω first in Plu. 2.403c, App. BC 2.139: aor. ἐτυράννευσα Sol. 33.6, Hdt. 1.14, Th. 6.55,59, Pl. R. 576c, Grg. 473d, Phdr. 238b, etc., ‐ησα E. HF 29, X. HG 2.2.24: 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. OC 449, E. El. 877 (lyr.), etc.; τῶν κακιόνων Id. Fr. 1048.6; Σάμου Th. 1.13; τᾶς πόλιος (sc. Eresus) IG 12(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. HG 2.3.48; 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.