Cyprus-Forum.com

[denizaksulu]

tyrant................

[bill cobbett]

tyrant................

1. One who seizes upon the sovereign power in a state without legal right; an absolute ruler; a usurper. (Chiefly in reference to ancient rulers, and in early use with suggestion of sense 3)

a1300 Cursor M. 21001 (Cott.) , Vnder a tirand hight egeas Bonden on a rod he was.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 51 A bastard no kyngdom suld hald Bot if þat he it wan‥Of tirant or of Sarazin.
c1374 Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) iii. pr. v. 59 A tyraunt þat was kyng of sysile.
c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. xxxi. ii, Eche Tyraunt was a Conqueroure.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. ix. 197 Sum‥Sald and betrasit thar natiue realm and land And tharin brocht a michty tirrand strang.
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes 39 The thirtie tyrannes had invaded & usurped the governance.
a1616 Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iii. iii. 71 To proue him Tyrant, this reason may suffice, That Henry liueth still.
1622 Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 1 Richard the third of that name, King in fact onely, but Tyrant both in Title and Regiment.
1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 47 He‥landed his forces, surprised Syracusa, and drave out the Tyranne.
1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music vii. 151 This Event happened‥thro' the Authority of the thirty Tyrants.
1821 Byron Don Juan: Canto III lxxxvi, The tyrant of the Chersonese Was freedom's best and bravest friend; That tyrant was Miltiades!
1882 Good Words 181/1 In the fifth century before Christ, the tyrant Gelon extended its limits to embrace Acradina.

[denizaksulu]

tyrant................

1. One who seizes upon the sovereign power in a state without legal right; an absolute ruler; a usurper. (Chiefly in reference to ancient rulers, and in early use with suggestion of sense 3)

a1300 Cursor M. 21001 (Cott.) , Vnder a tirand hight egeas Bonden on a rod he was.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 51 A bastard no kyngdom suld hald Bot if þat he it wan‥Of tirant or of Sarazin.
c1374 Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) iii. pr. v. 59 A tyraunt þat was kyng of sysile.
c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. xxxi. ii, Eche Tyraunt was a Conqueroure.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. ix. 197 Sum‥Sald and betrasit thar natiue realm and land And tharin brocht a michty tirrand strang.
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes 39 The thirtie tyrannes had invaded & usurped the governance.
a1616 Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iii. iii. 71 To proue him Tyrant, this reason may suffice, That Henry liueth still.
1622 Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 1 Richard the third of that name, King in fact onely, but Tyrant both in Title and Regiment.
1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 47 He‥landed his forces, surprised Syracusa, and drave out the Tyranne.
1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music vii. 151 This Event happened‥thro' the Authority of the thirty Tyrants.
1821 Byron Don Juan: Canto III lxxxvi, The tyrant of the Chersonese Was freedom's best and bravest friend; That tyrant was Miltiades!
1882 Good Words 181/1 In the fifth century before Christ, the tyrant Gelon extended its limits to embrace Acradina.

[fornicatin hell-welcome to the thread of sanity]

Nauplion......................................

[bill cobbett]

(yes, it's very peaceful in here)

† onagra, n.2

Etymology: < classical Latin onagr-, onager onager n. + -a suffix1 1, as supposed feminine form, after e.g. classical Latin nigra, feminine of niger black (see niger n.1).


A she-ass, a female onager.

1860 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth III. 196 Gerard‥had put his Onagra in harness.

[supporttheunderdog]

ram

[denizaksulu]

am...........................(also a T word )

[quattro]

amigo

[denizaksulu]

goat-herd.......................

[Daniella]

rda

[denizaksulu]

David.....................