βασιλίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βᾰσῐλεύς (basileús, “king”) +‎ -ῐ́σκος (-ískos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ba.si.lís.kos/ → /βa.siˈlis.kos/ → /va.siˈlis.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ba.si.lís.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ba.siˈlis.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βa.siˈlis.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /va.siˈlis.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /va.siˈlis.kos/

Noun

βᾰσῐλῐ́σκος • (basilískos) m (genitive βᾰσῐλῐ́σκου); second declension

1. princelet, chieftain
2. basilisk, kind of serpent
3. wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

   Synonyms: κόρθιλος (kórthilos), ῥόβιλλος (rhóbillos), τροχίλος (trokhílos), τρωγλοδύτης (trōglodútēs)

4. (astronomy) Regulus, a star in the constellation Leo
5. The given name of a Roman Emperor, Basiliscus (written in uppercase as Βασιλισκός)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βᾰσῐλῐ́σκος; τοῦ βᾰσῐλῐ́σκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Coptic: ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲓⲥⲕⲟⲥ (basiliskos)
• → Latin: basiliscus, Basiliscus
• → Old Armenian: բասիլիսկոս (basiliskos), բասիղիսկոս (basiłiskos)

Further reading

• “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 (2006–2024)