_imperium, rerum summam deferre alicui_[1]—to confer supreme power on
a person.
_rem publicam alicui permittere_—to give some one unlimited power in
state affairs.
_imperium tenere (in aliquem)_—to have power over some one.
_imperium obtinere_—to maintain power, authority.
_principatu deici_ (B. G. 7. 63)—to be deposed from one's leading
position.
_cum imperio esse_ (cf. XVI. 3)—to have unlimited power; to be
invested with _imperium_.
_in imperio esse_—to hold a high office (such as conferred _imperium_,
i.e. _consulatus, dictatura, praetura_).
_imperium in annum prorogare_—to prolong the command for a year.
_imperium deponere_ (Rep. 2. 12. 23)—to lay down one's power.
_imperium singulare_[2]—absolute power; autocracy.
_dominari in aliquem_—to have unlimited power over a person.
_imperium, regnum, tyrannidem_[3] _occupare_—to take upon oneself
absolute power.
_rerum potiri_—(1) to usurp supreme power, (2) to be in a position of
power.
_dominatio impotens_—despotic, tyrannous rule.
_potestas immoderata, infinita_—despotic, tyrannous rule.
_tyrannidem concupiscere_—to aspire to a despotism.
_tyrannidem sibi parere aliqua re_—to establish oneself as despot,
tyrant by some means.
_regnum appetere_ (B. G. 7. 4)—to aspire to the sovereignty.
_regnum adipisci_—to obtain the sovereignty, kingly office.
_alicui regnum deferre, tradere_—to invest some one with royal power.
_aliquem regem, tyrannum constituere_—to establish some one as king,
tyrant.
_regem restituere_—to restore a king to his throne (not _in solium_).
_aliquem in regnum restituere_—to restore a king to his throne (not
_in solium_).
_aliquem regno spoliare_ or _expellere_ (Div. 1. 22. 74)—to depose a
king.
_regios spiritus sibi sumere_—to assume a despotic tone.
[1] _deferre_ in the sense "confer," "attribute," is also constructed
with _ad_; when it means to bring news, give information it always
takes _ad_.
[2] Cf. _certamen singulare_, a fight of one individual with another,
a duel (cf. xvi. 10a). _singularis_ also has the meaning "unique,"
"pre-eminent," e.g. _singularis virtus_.
[3] _tyrannus, tyrannis, tyrannicus_ are rarely used in the Greek
sense, irresponsible sovereign, etc., but usually mean despot,
despotic, etc. The pure Latin equivalents are _rex, dominus,
dominatio, imperium, regius_, or if there is emphasis on the cruelty
of despots, _dominus saevus, crudelis et superba dominatio_, etc.