βασιλεύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">to be king, rule, reign</b>, οὐ μέν πως πάντες βασιλεύσομεν ἐνθάδ' Ἀχαιοί <span class="bibl">Il.2.203</span>; ἶσον ἐμοὶ βασίλευε <span class="bibl">9.616</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν ὑμῖν . . βασίλευε</b> <b class="b2">was king</b> among you, <span class="bibl">Od.2.47</span>; ὄφρ' Ἰθάκης κατὰ δῆμον . . βασιλεύοι <span class="bibl">22.52</span>; also of a woman, ἢ βασίλευεν ὑπὸ Πλάκῳ <b class="b2">reigned as queen</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.6.425</span>; ἡ δὲ Πύλου βασίλευε <span class="bibl">Od.11.285</span>: in aor., <b class="b2">to have become king</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.2</span>: c. gen., <b class="b2">to be king of, rule over</b>, ἐν . . Ἰθάκῃ βασιλεύσει Ἀχαιῶν <span class="bibl">Od.1.401</span>, etc.; βασιλεύοντος βασιλέων Ἀρσάκου <span class="title">PAvrom.</span>1<span class="title">A</span>1: c. dat., <b class="b2">to be king among</b>, Γιγάντεσσιν βασίλευεν <span class="bibl">Od. 7.59</span>; later β. ἐπὶ τὰς δύο βασιλείας <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">1 Ma.</span>1.16</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be governed by a king</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>576d</span>, <span class="bibl">576e</span>,al., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1284b39</span>, etc.: c.acc. cogn., βασιλείαν πασῶν δικαιοτάτην βασιλεύεσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>680e</span>: generally, <b class="b2">to be governed</b> or <b class="b2">administered</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.106</span>, etc.; ὑπὸ νόμου <span class="bibl">Lys. 2.19</span>: hence, <b class="b2">submit to the king</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sull.</span>12</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">to be</b> <b class="b3">ἄρχων β</b>. at Athens, <span class="bibl">Isoc.18.5</span>,<span class="title">IG</span>12.7&lt;*&gt;6, al.; of other magistrates, <span class="title">SIG</span>709 (Chersonesus), 1054 (Samothrace). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> later <b class="b3">ἡ βασιλεύουσα πόλις</b> the <b class="b2">imperial</b> city, of Rome, <span class="bibl">Ath.3.98c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">CPHerm.</span>125ii3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">enjoy as master</b>, τῶ χρυσῶ β. <span class="bibl">Theoc.21.60</span> codd. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> abs., <b class="b2">live royally</b>, β. ἐν πενίᾳ Plu.2.101d, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span>4.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> causal, <b class="b2">appoint as king</b>, τινά <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Jd.</span>9.6</span>; but <b class="b3">β. τισὶ βασιλέα</b> <b class="b2">make</b> them <b class="b2">a king</b>, ib. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ki.</span>8.22</span>, <span class="bibl">12.1</span>.</span>