βασίλεια
τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν → call a spade a spade | speak the truth | speak straight from the shoulder | give it straight from the shoulder | give the straight goods | not to mince matters | not to mince words | not mince words | call things by their right names | call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel | call a shovel a shovel | call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
English (LSJ)
[ῐ], ἡ, basile/a Pi.N.1.39: fem. of βασιλεύς:—
A queen, princess, Od.4.770, A.Ag.84 (lyr.), Hdt.1.11, etc.; of goddesses, Κύπρις β. Emp.128.3, cf. Hymn.Is.I, etc.; β. θεά Ar.Pax974; β. γύναι A.Pers.623 (lyr.), E.El.988 (lyr.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 436] ἡ, Königin, Fürstin, überall, von Hom. an; meist = Gattinn des Königs, z. B. Odyss. 7, 241 Arete, des Alkinoos Gattinn; Odyss. 6, 115 Nausikaa, des Alkinoos Toch, er; βασίλεια γυναικῶν Odyss. 11, 258; β. γυνή Aesch. Pers. 615; Soph. Ai. 1281; θεά Pind. Ol. 14, 3; Ar. Pax 938.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βᾰσίλειᾰ: ἡ, βασιλέα Πίνδ.Ν.1.59· (βασιλεύς) - βασίλισσα, ἡγεμονίς,γυνὴ βασιλικῆς καταγωγῆς,Ὀδ. Δ.770, Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 84,κτλ.· ὡσαύτως ἐπὶ θεαινῶν, βασίλεια θεά, ἀμφότερα ὁμοῦ, Ἀριστοφ. Εἰρ. 794· β. γύναι Αἰσχύλ. Πέρσ. 623, Εὐρ. Ἠλ. 988.Πρβλ. βασίλη,βασιλίς,βασίλισσα.
French (Bailly abrégé)
1ας (ἡ) :
reine, princesse.
Étymologie: βασιλεύς.
2plur. de βασίλειος ou de βασίλειον.
English (Autenrieth)
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.
