βᾰσῐλ-εύς, ὁ,
genitive έως,
Epic dialect ῆος, [
Refs 5th c.AD+] Oracle texts cited in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
Aeolic dialect -ηες[
Refs 7th c.BC+] old
Attic dialect -ῆς[
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
king, chief, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently with collateral sense of
captain or
judge, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; later,
hereditary king, opposed to τύραννος, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; but also of tyrants, as Hiero, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Gelo, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Pisistratus, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: joined with a
substantive, βασιλεὺς ἀνήρ [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄναξ β. lord
king, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἰωνῶν β, of the eagle, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
comparative βασιλεύτερος
more kingly, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:
superlative βασιλεύτατος [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
b) of the gods, Ζεὺς θεῶν β. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; as cult title of Zeus, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ μέγας β, of
God, [
LXX+1st c.AD+]:
superlative βασιλεύτατοι τῶν θεῶν [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2) as a title of rank,
prince, β. εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλοι πολλοὶ ἐν. Ἰθάκῃ [
Refs 8th c.BC+], etc; of Cyrus, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2.b)
descendant of a royal house, especially in Ionia, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; βασιλέων οἶκοι 'estates
of the royal house', name of a district in Chios, Ἀθηνᾶ [
Refs]
3) generally,
lord, master, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
4)
metaphorically, πόλεμος πάντων β. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) at Athens,
the second of the nine Archons, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2) title of magistrates in other Greek states, as βασιλᾶες at Elis, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.3) at Rome, β. τῶν ἱερῶν, =
rex sacrorum, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
III) after the Persian war (without
Article),
the king of Persia, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] of the Satraps, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2) of Alexander and his successors, usually with
Article, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; Ἀντίγονος Alex.III; Πτολεμαῖος [
Refs 1st c.BC+]; title used by Parthian
kings, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; of
God, [
NT]
III.3) of the Roman
emperors, [
NT+1st c.AD+]
IV) of any
great man, πένησί τε καὶ βασιλεῦσιν [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
IV.2)
first or
most distinguished of any class, Ἡρώδην τὸν β. τῶν λόγων [
Refs 2nd c.AD+];
winner at a game, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Stoic
sage, μόνος β. [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; βασιλέως ἐγκέφαλος 'morsel fit for a king', [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; β. σῦκα, name of a
choice kind, Philem.Legal. cited in [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
V) ={συμποσίαρχος}, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
VI)
wren, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
VII)
queen-bee,[
Refs] is scanned?~X?~X ¯ in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; codices βασίλεια.)