βασιλεύς: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[king]], esp. the Persian king, prince' (Il.).<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[qasireu]] \/[[gʷasileus]]\/; [[qasireija]], [[qasirewijote]].<br />Derivatives: Femin.: [[βασίλεια]] (Od.); [[βασιλίς]] (S.), [[βασιληΐς]] (Man., Epigr. Gr. 989, 3), [[βασίλισσα]] (inscr. Athens 337a, Com.; from words like [[Κίλισσα]], [[Φοίνισσα]] a.o. to stems in <b class="b3">-ικ-</b>); [[βασίλιννα]] <b class="b2">wife of the ἄρχων βασιλεύς in Athens</b> (D.; cf. [[Κόριννα]], [[Φίλιννα]] etc., hypocor., Schwyzer 491; diff. Chant. Form. 205). - Diminut. [[βασιλίσκος]], also name of a snake, fish etc.. (Hp.; cf. Strömberg Fischnamen 91f.), - Adj. [[βασιλήϊος]] (Od.), [[βασίλειος]] (Att.); f. also [[βασιληΐς]] (Il.); n. substantivised [[βασιλήϊον]], [[βασίλειον]], [[kings palace]] (Ion.-Att.) - Denom. verb: [[βασιλεύω]] (Il.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Beside [[βασιλεύς]] Greek has two other words for [[king]], [[κοίρανος]] (q. v.) and [[ἄναξ]] (q. vv.). [[βασιλεύς]] is the youngest, s. Wackernagel Unt. 209ff. The word is no doubt of Pre-Greek origin (i.e. not a loanword from another country); labio-velars are well known in this language.