tyrannical Copy link Outline 1. ty̆rannĭcus2. sŭperbus3. acerbe severus, Cic. Off. 3, 31, fin. • tyrannical: 1. ty̆rannĭcus: t. laws, t. leges, Cic. Leg. 1, 15, 42. 2. sŭperbus: Plaut.: Cic. Join: superbus et regius (in the Class. sense): cf. Plin. Pan. 7, fin. 3. acerbe severus, Cic. Off. 3, 31, fin.: v. harsh, domineer. Phr.: a t. disposition, t. conduct, superbia regia, Liv. 1, 54: v. haughtiness. Join: superbia et inhumanitas, Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 99; crudelitas: v. cruelty. T. government, crudelis superbaque dominatio, Cic. Phil. 3, 14, 34. The mob is either slavish or t., multitudo aut servit humiliter, aut superbe dominatur, Liv. 24, 25.
TYRANNICAL Copy link • TYRANNICALtyrannicus (Cic.: in the Roman sense, regius, superbus): crudelis: saevus: immanis (cruel). A tyrannical disposition or conduct, crudelitas: superbia: animus saevus, crudelis.