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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• tyrant:
    1. I. In the ancient sense an absolute ruler: esp. one who has made himself sole master of a government hitherto aristocratic or democratic. The word did not necessarily convey the idea of oppression or injustice to individuals:
      1. 1. ty̆rannus: Cic.: Virg.: Hor.
      2. 2. dŏmĭnus: Cic. Rep. 2, 26, 48. [N.B.--In reference to Rome dominus and tyrannus have a bad sense.]
    2. II. Gen.: a domineering or cruel person: Expr. by adj. sŭperbus, grăvis, saevus, crūdēlis: v. cruel, oppressive: or by verb: v. domineer, oppress. To play the t., v. tyrannize.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• TYRANT
  • In the ancient sense, an absolute ruler, especially one who had made himself master of a state hitherto free, not necessarily including the idea of cruelty or injustice, tyrannus (Vid: Bremi ad Nep., Milt., 8, 3).
  • An absolute ruler (in the Roman sense), dominus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) dominus et tyrannus: a cruel tyrant, tyrannus gravis, crudelis (Cic.), saevus, violentus (Liv.).
  • In a wider sense, a cruel, domineering person, homo superbus, crudelis, saevus. To play the tyrant, in suos saevire: suos crudeliter, superbe tractare.