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PyRaNNICiDIUM (tyrannicida), ii, n. 
2 the killing of a tyrant, tyrannicide, rvpav- 
voktov'i i. Senec. 
PyRaNNICOS ( rvpavviKos), a, uin, adj. 
of a tyrant, tyrannous, cruel, tyrannical, 
despotic. Cic. 
TyRaNNIS ( rvpavvis ), idis, f. tyranny, 
arbitrary or despotic power. Cic., JVep., 
Ovid., &c. —Also, for regnum, regal or 
supreme power. JVep. Reg. 2.-TT Al¬ 
so, a princess, a tyranness. Trebell. Poll. 
TyRaNNoCTONOS ( rvpavvoKrdi/os), i, 
m. the killer of a tyrant. Cic. 
TyRaNNOPOJ_,TTA ( TVpavvoiroXirris), ®, 
3 in. a citizen of a town in which a tyrant 
(tyrannus) rules. Sidon. 
TyRaNNOS ( rbpavvos), i, m. [a tyrant 
in a good sense], a monarch, sovereign, 
king, especially in a state which had 
been free. Nepos. Militiadem, qui 
Chersoneso potitus diu ibi dominatio- 
nem obtinuerat, tyrannum dictum fuisse, 
qui non vi, sed incolentiuin voluntate 
earn obtinuerat, et bonitate retinuerat: 
omnes enim et haberi et dici tyrannos, 
qui potestate sunt perpetua in ea civi- 
tate, qu® libertate usa est. So, in Virg. 
JEncas is called. Ovid. Phrygius ty¬ 
rannus, h. e. Laomedon. So, also, in 
Ovid. Neptune is called tyrannus, sc. 
of rivers. So, also, in Liv. Nabis, king of 
Sparta, is called. And so, also, Ccesar 
is called in Cic. -If Also, a tyrant in 
a bad sense, a cruel or severe governor, 
whether he be really cruel, or whether 
the people regard him as such, because, 
having been republicans, they cannot 
endure a single sovereign ; also, general¬ 
ly, an unlimited or absolute despot. Cic. 
Vita tyrannorum. Id. Esse tyrannum 
in aliquem-IT Tyrannum, for ty- 
rannorum. Pacuv. 
TyRaS. See Tyra. 
TyRIaNTHINOS (rvpiavSivos), a, um, 
3 adj. of a color between purple and violet, 
of a bright violet color. Martial. 
TYRINS, ) c. m- 
TYRINTHIUS. j See Tlr V ns > &c - 
TyRHjS (Tv pros), a, um, adj. of or be¬ 
longing to Tyre, Tyrian. Ovid. Tyria 
puella, or, Id. pellex, h. e. Europa, daugh¬ 
ter of Agenor, king of Tyre. Martial. 
Tyrius taurus, h. e. that carried off Eu¬ 
ropa. Liy. Tyrii, the inhabitants of Tyre, 
the Tyrians. -IT Near Tyre were 
found the best murices, from which pur¬ 
ple was made, and Tyrian purple was 
the most celebrated; hence, Tyrius, of 
Tyrian purple, purjile, purple-colored. 
Ovid. Tyrius am ictus. Tibull. Tyrius 
torus, h. e. stragulo Tyrio ornatus. Id. 
Tyrio prodeat apta sinu, h. e. Tyria 
veste. Claudian. Tyrium venenum, 
h. e. color purpura, purple. Ovid. Nec 
qua; bis Tyrio murice lana rubes, h. e. 
purple .— Tyrium (absol.), Tyrian pur¬ 
ple, purple. Tertull. -IT Also, The¬ 
ban, because Cadmus, son of Agenor, 
king of Tyre, built Thebes. Stat. Ty¬ 
rii montes, h. e. which were round Thebes. 
So, Id. Tyrii agri. Id. Tyrius exsul, 
li. e. Polynices, son of (Edipus, king of 
Thebes. Id. ductor, h. e. Eteocles, 
king of the Thebans, brother of Polynices. 
Id. Tyrium plectrum, h. e. of Amphion. 
Id. Tyrii, the Thebans. -IT Also, of 
Carthage, Carthaginian, because the 
Carthaginians, under Dido, came from 
Tyre. Virg. Tyria urbs, Carthage. Id. 
Tyrire arces. Id. virgines. Sil? Tyrii 
doli, h. e. Punic® fraudes. Id. patres, 
h. e. the Carthaginian senate. Virg. co- 
loni. Sil. Tyrius miles, ft. e. the army 
of Annibal. Id. ductor, ft. e. Annibal. 
Claudian. Tyri® vires, ft. e. opes Car- 
thaginiensium. Ovid. Tyrii tori, A. e. 
the marriage of Dido with JEneas, at 
Carthage. Tibull. Tellus fera Tyrio 
obsessa colono, A. c. Africa. Id. Tyri® 
Gades, A. e. built by Carthaginians 
Virg. and Sil. Tyrii, the Carthaginians 
TyRo, onis, in. ) „ 
TfROCINIUM, &c. j See Tiro ’ &c - 
TyRo, us or onis, f. Tvpoi, daughter of 
Salmoneus. Propert. 
TyROPATINA (rvpoy, cheese, & patina), 
3 ®, f. a kind of cheese-cake. Apic. 
TyROS. See Tyrus. 
TyR5TARICII0S (rvporapixos), i, nr. 
a dish made of cheese, salted fish, eggs, 
spices, &c. Cic .— LTsed also as’ an 
adj. Apic. Patina tyrotaricha. 
TyRRHeNI (Tvppyroi), orum, m. the Etru¬ 
rians, Tuscans. Virg. 
TyRRHeNIA (Tvpprjiua), ffi, f. Etruria, 
Tuscany. Ovid. 
TyRRHeNICOS (TvppriviKds), a, um, adj 
Etrurian, Tuscan. Auson. Tyrrhenian 
Tarraco, A. c. ad mare Tyrrhenum (Me¬ 
diterranean!) sita. 
TyRRHeNOS, a, um, adj. in, from , neat 
Etruria, Etrurian, Tuscan, T vppyvbg 
Liv. mare ; or, Virg. iequor, ft. e. infe- 
ruin. Virg. flumen ; or, Lucan, gorges, 
A. e. the Tiber, which flows from Etruria 
to Rome. Val. Flacc. magister, ft. c. 
gubernator Tyrrheno mari navigans. 
Virg. pedum vincula, A. c. crepid® a 
Tuscis sumpt®. Ovid, corpora, ft. e. 
Etrurians, whom Bacchus changed into 
dolphins. So, Id. (of dolphins') mon- 
stra. Stat. greges, sc. delphinorum. 
Id. volumes, A. e. Sirenes. Ovid. 
rex, A. e. Mezentius. Virg. Tyr- 
rhenus tub® clangor, (so called, be¬ 
cause the tuba was supposed to be an 
invention o f the Tuscans). So, Stat. 
Insonuit Tyrrhenum murmur. Also, 
absol. Tyrrhenus, an Etrurian ; as, 
Virg. Tyrrheni sanguis, A. e. Mezentii. 
Id. Inflavit ebur Tyrrhenus ad aras, 
(because Etrurian flute-players ( tibia- 
nes ) were employed in sacrifices). Id. 
Tyrrheni, the Etrurians (see Tyrrheni). 
Also, absol. Tyrrhenus, for mare Tyr- 
rhenum. Val. Flacc. -IT Also, for 
Italian or Roman. Sil. pubes. - 
IT Paulin. Nol. uses Tyrrhenum (sc. ma¬ 
re), for the Mediterranean on the shores of 
Spain. - IT Tyrrhenum, for Tyrrhe- 
norum. Virg. 
TyRRHIDyE, arum, m. sons of Tyrrhus, 
shepherd of king Latinus. Virg. 
TYRUNCOLA, ) „ , , 
TYRUNCOLUS. j See Tirunc ™ a , 
TyROS, and TyRSS, i, f. T vpoy, Tyre, 
now Sur, a famous maritime and mer¬ 
cantile city of Phoenicia, celebrated for its 
purple. Tibull. Prima ratem ventis cre¬ 
dere docta Tyros. Sil. Cum fugeret 
Dido famulam Tyron. Lucan. Tyros 
instabilis (as being subject to earth¬ 
quakes). Tibull. Yellera det fucis bis 
luadefacta Tyros. — Hence, Tyros, for 
purple or purple-dye. Martial. Qureque 
Tyron toties epotavere lacern®. - 
TT Hence, Tyrius, a, um, Tyrian. See 
Tyrius. 
TYSDRITaNUS. See Tliysdrus. 
U & Y. 
y as a Rumeral, stands lor five. - 
’ 1 TT Look for words beginning with U, 
as if they began with V. 
VACaNT£R (vaco, vacans), adv. to'no 
3 purpose, idly, superfluously, Kevins. Gell. 
FACAf15 (vaco), onis, f. a freeing or be¬ 
ing free from something, as from”taxes, 
certain services, &c.; cessation, respite; 
exemption, immunity, or dispensation. 
- TT The thing from which one is 
free, is sometimes wanting, is some¬ 
times expressed by the genit or the abl. 
with a, or also by quo minus. Cic. Font. 
4. Pretiuin ob vacationem datum, A. e. 
exemption from repairing or paving the 
streets. Id. Nullam tibi a causis vaca¬ 
tionem dari video. Id. Vacationem 
augures, quo minus judiciis operam da- 
rent, non habere, A. e. were not exempt 
from, &cc. Id. Quod tam immune mu 
nicipium, quod tam commoda vacatione 
sit usum rerum omnium l has enjoyed 
so many exemptions of every kind. Id. 
Beatatn vitam in omnium vacatione 
munerum ponimus. Liv. ab adminis- 
tratione belli, exemption from the com¬ 
mand. Cic. and Cats, militi®, from mil¬ 
itary service. So, Cic. Sublatis vacati- 
onibus, having been revoked. Ctes. Dru- 
ides militias vacationem habent, arc ex¬ 
empted from military service, have a dis¬ 
pensation or immunity from, &. c. Liv. Qui 
sacrosanctam vacationem (sc. militia) 
dicebantur habere. (A person was ex¬ 
empted from military service, at least 
ordinarily, from his fiftieth year.) Se¬ 
nec. Vacatio malorum, from evils .— 
Also, the right or privdege of exemption 
from military service, immunity from mili¬ 
tary service. Nepos. Usus est statis 
vacatione (sc. a militia). — Vacatio is 
also the price paid for freedom from serv¬ 
ing in the army or from military labors (for 
these dispensations were sometimes 
bought). Tacit. Vacationes prastari 
centurionibus solit®.-TTTlie person 
who enjoys the exemption, or that 
xvhich is the ground thereof, is put also 
in the genit.; thus, Cic. adolescentis. 
Nepos. ®tatis. Cic. rerum gostarum, 
on account of one’s deeds. 
VaCCA (unc.), ®, f. a cow, (3ovg. Cic. 
VaCCINUJM, ii, n. equivalent to hya- 
cintlius, from which, by a change of pro¬ 
nunciation, vaccinium is supposed to 
have come; a plant not well defined. 
See Hyacinthus. 
VACCINiJS (vacca), a, um, adj. of or 
2 from a cow, /3ouk6s. Plin. caro. Id. 
lac, cow’s milk. Id. caseus. 
VaCCOLA (dimin. from vacca), re, f. a 
3 little cow or heifer, Poiiiov. Catull. 
VACeFiS (vaco & fio), is, irreg. n. to be- 
3 come or be made empty. Lucret. Vacefit 
(as the last word in the line, so that e 
is long). 
VACeRRA (unc.), re, f. a stock or stake. 
2 Fest. Hence, plur. Vacerr®, an inclo¬ 
sure (for animals) made of stakes, a sort 
of pound. Colum. -TT Figur. stock, 
block, blockhead. Liv. And. ap. Fest. 
VACeRRoSOS (vacerra), a, um, adj. a 
2 word used by Augustus, for cerritus, 
according to Suetoii.; h. e. mad, crack- 
brained. 
VACiLLATIS (vacillo), onis, (.arockina 
2 933 
or moving from side to side. Quint. Est 
et ilia indecora in dextrum, ac lrevum 
latus vacillatio, alternis pedibus insis- 
tentium. Sueton. Per ambitum lacus 
non sine feeda vacillatione discurrens. 
VACILL5 (unc.), as, avi, atum, n. 1. to 
rock to and fro, incline this way and that, 
totter, waver, not stand firm, as houses, 
trees, &c. Lucret. Hac ratione vacil- 
lant omnia tecta. Id. Sub pedibus fel- 
lus vacillat. Id. Arbor ventis pulsa 
vacillans. Or of drunken men. Cic. 
fragm. Quosdam ex vino vacillantes. 
— Hence, figur. to waver, be unsteady or 
inconstant, totter, vacillate, hesitate. Cic. 
Tota res vabillat et claudicat, wavers, 
is uncertain, is not fixed. Id. Memoriola 
x'acillare, to waver, fail. Id. Videtur 
stabilitas amiciti® vacillate. Id. Qui 
in vetere ®re alieno vaciilant, A. e. are 
sunk deep in debt (a figure drawn per¬ 
haps from those who slump in a muddy 
place, and cannot recover a firm foot¬ 
ing). Id. Vacillantes litterul®, A. e. 
written with an unsteady hand, and so 
crooked and irregular. Id. Cum una 
legione, et ea vacillante, wavering in 
fidelity or disposition. Lucret. Fama 
vacillans.-TT Lucret,. 3, 505. length¬ 
ens the a; but Ed. Creech has talipe- 
dnns. -TT See Titubo, at the end. 
VACIVe (vacuus), adv. at leisure, leisure 
3 !y, at spare hours. Pluedr. 
VACIVITAS (Id.), atis, f. emptiness, the 
3 bring empty, vacuity ; hence, want 
Plaut.. cibi (when one has not eaten, 
and so has an empty stomach). — 
Hence, vacancy, sc. when an offer it 
