τύραννος (tírannos)
English: tyrant
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Linguistic Information
Word Typenoun
Gendermasculine
Casenominative
NumberSingular
About τύραννος
As a noun, τύραννος is of the masculine gender and is in the nominative case in Greek grammar. It can help you understand sentence structure and word forms better.
Definitions & Examples
- noun:tyrant
- noun:(historical) tyrant (an absolute ruler in ancient Greece)
Declension Table
masculine noun
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | τύραννος | τύραννοι |
| genitive | τυράννου | τυράννων |
| accusative | τύραννο | τυράννους |
| vocative | τύραννε | τύραννοι |
Greek nouns and adjectives change form based on case (role in sentence) and number. These forms show how τύραννος appears in different grammatical contexts.