tyranny Copy link Outline I. Despotic government1. ty̆rannis, ĭdis, f.2. dŏmĭnātio3. dŏmĭnātus, ūsII. Oppressive rule1. impotens regnum, Liv.2. impotens, crudelis, dominatus, Cic. Or expr. by servitus, etc. • tyranny: I. Despotic government: 1. ty̆rannis, ĭdis, f.: Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52: Quint. 2. dŏmĭnātio: Liv. 3, 39: Cic. 3. dŏmĭnātus, ūs: Cic.: Caes.: v. sovereignty. II. Oppressive rule: 1. impotens regnum, Liv. 2. impotens, crudelis, dominatus, Cic. Or expr. by servitus, etc.: e. g., the t. of the kings, servitus regia, Liv. 41, 6: v. oppression, cruelty.
TYRANNY Copy link • TYRANNYTyrannical government, tyrannis (Cic.); imperium saevum (Sall.; in the Roman sense), dominatus, -ūs: dominatio (Sall.); dominatio impotens (Liv.). Severe, cruel tyranny, dominatus superbus, crudelis: immoderati imperii crudelitas. To deliver the state from tyranny (of the Roman kings), civitatem ex regia servitute eximere (Liv.). Cruelty, crudelitas: immanitas: saevitia.