tyrannize Copy link Outline I. To govern as despot1. dŏmĭnor, 12. tyrannus sum (with gen.)II. To act cruelly or imperiously • tyrannize: I. To govern as despot: 1. dŏmĭnor, 1: Cic.: Caes. 2. tyrannus sum (with gen.): Cic. Or expr. by subs.: v. tyranny, tyrant. II. To act cruelly or imperiously: crudeliter et regie facio, Cic.: to t. over any one, tyrannice in aliquem statuere, Cic. Verr. 3, 48, 115; superbe crudeliterque aliquem tractare, Justin. 42, 1, 3; tyrannum esse in aliquem, Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 17; tyrannica crudelitate aliquem vexare, Justin. 42, 1, 3: to t. over a city or state, urbem crudeli dominatu premere, Cic. de Div. 1, 25, 53; civitatem servitute oppressam tenere, id. Tusc. 5, 20, 57.