βασίλεια: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">ῐ], ἡ, basile/a</b> <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>1.39</span>: fem. of <b class="b3">βασιλεύς</b>:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">queen, princess</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.4.770</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>84</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.11</span>, etc.; of goddesses, Κύπρις β. <span class="bibl">Emp.128.3</span>, cf. <span class="title">Hymn.Is.</span>I, etc.; β. θεά <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>974</span>; β. γύναι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>623</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>988</span> (lyr.).</span>

|auten=[[queen]]; the [[queen]]'s [[daughter]], the [[princess]], is termed [[βασίλεια]] in Od. 6.115 ; [[βασίλεια]] γυναικῶν, ‘[[queen]] [[among]] women’ (cf. [[δῖα]] γυναικῶν), Od. 11.258.