The corpus record — Latin

tyrannus

i m

Generated live from the audited Latin corpus — every figure on this page is a database query, not prose from memory.

Where it lives

Thrasybulus 7 · 116.67/10k
Dion 12 · 80.86/10k
Pelopidas 3 · 42.13/10k
Timoleon 3 · 36.23/10k
Excerpta Controversiae 72 · 33.58/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34 - 34 45 · 30.01/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 35 32 · 25.32/10k
Tyranni Triginta 15 · 22.77/10k
De Regibus 1 · 22.57/10k
Controversiae 141 · 21.38/10k
Octavia 10 · 19.11/10k
Firmus Saturninus, Proculus et Bonosus 4 · 17.28/10k

Densest 12 of 154 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

tyrannus — Walde–Hofmann

tyrannus, -i m. „Tyrann“ (seit Pacuv., ebenso tyrannis, tyranficus; davon tyranna Treb., tyrannicé Cic. und hybrides tyrannicida, -cidium seit Sen. contr.; Cic. hat nur den griech. Terminus tupavvoktóvog): entl aus griech. rüpavvoc ds. usw. UV — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. tyrannus, p. 1630]

In the wild

tyrannus Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.34.31.1
tyrannus Cicero, De Officiis 3.45.p2
tyrannum Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.34.49.2
tyrannisque Julius Caesar, De Bello Civili 3.31.2
tyrannos Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 26 p47
tyranno Seneca the Elder, Controversiae 8.4.10

6 of 1,125 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. tyrannus (scan p. 733; entry #12252).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. tyrannus (scan p. 1630; entry #3130).

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