Τύραννος Tyrannos 1x

Tyrannus, an Ephesian, Acts 19:9*

Τύραννος, -ου, ὀ Tyrannus: Ac 19:9.†

Τύραννος (Turannos) — Tyrannus. τύραννος [ῠ], ὁ, also ἡ (see. below 1.2), an absolute ruler, unlimited by law or constitution, first in [Refs], where it is used of a god, Ἆρες,.. ἀντιβίοισι τύρανν; so ὁ τῶν θεῶν τ., of Zeus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὦ τύραννε τᾶς ἐμᾶς φρενός, i.e. Apollo, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Μὴν Τύραννος, a Phrygian deity worshipped in Attica, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; οὔ, τὴν τ. (perhaps Hera), in an oath, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: first used of monarchs in the time of [Refs 7th c.BC+]; interchangeable with βασιλεύς in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later, chief, princeling, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; τ. ἴδιοι καθ᾽ ἕκαστον ἐμτπόριον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Κλεισθένης ὁ Σικυῶνος τ., Ἱστιαῖος ὁ Μιλήτου τ., etc., [Refs]; ὁ τῶν Κυπρίων τ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; οἱ τ., of the Sicilian tyrants, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the Pisistratidae, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ τ. the monarchical party, προδιδοὺς τοῖς τ. τὴμ πόλιν τὴν Ἐρυθραίων [Refs]: frequently in a bad sense, δημοφάγος τ. [Refs 6th c.BC+]

2. in a wider sense, of members of the ruler's family, οἱ τ. 'the royal house', [Refs 2nd c.AD+] is used both of the queen herself and the king's daughter, princess, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρέπει γὰρ ὡς τ. εἰσορᾶν, of Clytemnestra, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. metaphorically, ἵνα Δίκη τ. ᾖ that Justice may be supreme, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

4. golden-crested wren, Regulus cristatus, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II. τύραννος, ον, as adjective, kingly, royal, τύραννα σκῆπτρα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τύραννα δρᾶν to act as a king, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τύραννον δῶμα the king's palace, [Refs]; τ. δόμος the royal house, [Refs]; ἐς τύρανν᾽ ἐγημάμην into the royal house, [Refs]

II.2. imperious, despotic, τ. πόλις [Refs 5th c.BC+]