βασιλίσκος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βᾰσῐλεύς (basileús, “king”) + -ῐ́σκος (-ískos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ba.si.lís.kos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ba.siˈlis.kos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βa.siˈlis.kos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /va.siˈlis.kos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /va.siˈlis.kos/
Noun
βᾰσῐλῐ́σκος • (basilískos) m (genitive βᾰσῐλῐ́σκου); second declension
- princelet, chieftain
- basilisk, kind of serpent
- wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
- (astronomy) Regulus, a star in the constellation Leo
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ βᾰσῐλῐ́σκος; τοῦ βᾰσῐλῐ́σκου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ βᾰσῐλῐ́σκος ho basilískos | τὼ βᾰσῐλῐ́σκω tṑ basilískō | οἱ βᾰσῐλῐ́σκοι hoi basilískoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βᾰσῐλῐ́σκου toû basilískou | τοῖν βᾰσῐλῐ́σκοιν toîn basilískoin | τῶν βᾰσῐλῐ́σκων tôn basilískōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βᾰσῐλῐ́σκῳ tôi basilískōi | τοῖν βᾰσῐλῐ́σκοιν toîn basilískoin | τοῖς βᾰσῐλῐ́σκοις toîs basilískois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν βᾰσῐλῐ́σκον tòn basilískon | τὼ βᾰσῐλῐ́σκω tṑ basilískō | τοὺς βᾰσῐλῐ́σκους toùs basilískous | ||||||||||
Vocative | βᾰσῐλῐ́σκε basilíske | βᾰσῐλῐ́σκω basilískō | βᾰσῐλῐ́σκοι basilískoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: basiliscus
- → Old Armenian: բասիլիսկոս (basiliskos), բասիղիսկոս (basiłiskos)
References
- βασιλίσκος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βασιλίσκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βασιλίσκος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)