A.of or for a τύραννος, royal, “αἷμα” A.Ag.828; “τρόποισιν οὐ τυραννικοῖς” Id.Ch.479; “κράτος τ.” S.OC373; “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.HG2.3.49; “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.
