Pisistratus, A noble man of Athens, which chaunged the common weale of that Citie from the rule of the people, to the rule of one gouernour, and therefore was called a yraunt: notwithstanding (as he wrote dnto Solon, which mayntayned the popular estate) he ruled by their owne lawes, and was righteous and gentle vnto the people.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Pīsistrătus, i, m., = *peisi/stratos. I.Pisistratus, tyrant of Athens, Cic. N. D. 3, 33, 82; id. Brut. 7, 27; id. Rep. 1, 44, 68; id. de Or. 3, 34, 137; Sen. Ira, 3, 11, 4; Phaedr. 1, 2, 5.—Hence, B. Pīsistrătĭdae, ārum, m., = *peisistrati/dai, the Pisistratidœ, i. e. Hippias and Hipparchus, sons of Pisistratus, Liv. 31, 44, 8.—II.A Bœotian chief, a friend of the Romans, Liv. 33, 27 sq.