βασιλεύω: Difference between revisions

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