βασιλεύς
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Cambridge Greek Lexicon
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a king, chief
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βασιλεύς
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βασιλεύς
Headword (normalized/stripped):
βασιλευς
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IDX:
7317
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-7318
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