τυραννικός

A. of or for a τύραννος, royal, αἷμα A. Ag. 828; τρόποισιν οὐ τυραννικοῖς Id. Ch. 479; κράτος τ. S. OC 373; λῆμα E. 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 λέγειν E. 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 τυραννικά Id. V. 507 (troch.); ξυνωμοσία τ. in favour of tyranny, Th. 6.60; νόμοι Pl. 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.

3. tyrannical, of persons, Pl. R. 574c, Phdr. 248e, etc.; Sup. ‐ώτατος Id. R. 575d, 580c; fit for tyrannical government, οἱ τ., opp. οἱ δημοτικοί, X. HG 2.3.49; τυραννικὸν [δίκαιον] οὐκ ἔστι κατὰ φύσιν Arist. Pol. 1287b39.

II. Adv. ‐κῶς, ζῆν Pl. R. 575a; opp. βασιλικῶς, Isoc. 5.154; opp. πολιτικῶς, Arist. Ath. 16.2: Comp. ‐ώτερον Id. Pol. 1313a2.