A). -ηες Sapph. Supp. 6.4 , IG 12(2).6 (Mytil.), -ειες ib. 646a45 , al., Ep. -ῆες, old Att. -ῆς S. Aj. 188 , 960 (both lyr.), cf. Hdn. Gr. 1.430 : acc. pl. βασιλέας IG 12.115 , later βασιλεῖς ib. 2.243 , etc.:— king, chief, Hom., etc.: freq. with collat. sense of captain or judge, Hes. Op. 202 ; διοτρεφέες β. Il. 2.445 , etc.; θεῖοι Od. 4.691 , etc.; later, hereditary king, opp. τύραννος, Arist. EN 1160b3 , etc.; but also of tyrants, as Hiero, Pi. O. 1.23 ; of Gelo, Hdt. 7.161 ; of Pisistratus, Eup. 123 , cf. Sch. Ar. Ach. 61 : joined with a Subst., βασιλεὺς ἀνήρ Il. 3.170 , etc.; ἀνὴρ β. Hdt. 1.90 ; ἄναξ β. lord king, A. Pers. 5 , cf. B. 17.1 : c. gen., β. νεῶν A. Ag. 114 (anap.); οἰωνῶν β., of the eagle, ibid., Pi. O. 13.21 : Comp. βασιλεύτερος more kingly, Il. 9.160 , 392 , Od. 15.533 , Tyrt. 12.7 : Sup. βασιλεύτατος Il. 9.69 .

b). of the gods, Ζεὺς θεῶν β. Hes. Th. 886 , cf. Pi. O. 7.34 , Emp. 128.2 , etc. (in this sense Hom. uses ἄναξ); as cult title of Zeus, IG 7.3073.90 (Lebad.), SIG 1014.110 (Erythrae), etc. (but Ζεὺς β., = Ahuramazda, X. Cyr. 3.3.21 , al., Arr. An. 4.20.3 ); ὁ μέγας β., of God, LXX Ps. 47(48).2 , Ph. 2.107 : Sup. βασιλεύτατοι τῶν θεῶν Max.Tyr. 29.5 .

2). as a title of rank, prince, β. εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλοι πολλοὶ ἐν .. Ἰθάκῃ Od. 1.394 , cf. 8.390 , etc.; of Cyrus, X. Oec. 4.16 .

b). descendant of a royal house, esp. in Ionia, Arist. Ath. 41.3 ; βασιλέων οἶκοι 'estates of the royal house', name of a district in Chios, Ἀθηνᾶ 20.168 .

3). generally, lord, master, Il. 18.556 , Pi. O. 6.47 .

4). metaph., πόλεμος πάντων β. Heraclit. 53 ; νόμος ὁ πάντων β. Pi. Fr. 169 .

II). at Athens, the second of the nine Archons, IG 12.76 , al., Antipho 6.38 , Lys. 6.4 , Arist. Pol. 1285b17 , Ath. 57 , etc.; ἡ τοῦ β. στοά Pl. Euthphr. 2a .

2). title of magistrates in other Greek states, as βασιλᾶες at Elis, GDI 1152 , cf. IG 12(2).6 (Mytil.), etc., Arist. Pol. 1322b29 .

3). at Rome, β. τῶν ἱερῶν, = rex sacrorum, D.H. 5.1 , cf. D.C. 54.27 .

III). after the Persian war (without Art.), the king of Persia, Hdt. 7.174 ,al.; ἄναξ Ξέρξης β. A. Pers. 5 , cf. 144 , Ar. Ach. 61 , Th. 8.48 , IG 22.141 (βασιλῆς βασιλέως ὕποχοι μεγάλου, of the Satraps, A. Pers. 24 , cf. 44 , S.E. M. 2.22 ); less freq. ὁ βασιλεύς Hdt. 1.132 , 137 , Arist. Pol. 1304b13 ; β. ὁ μέγας Hdt. 1.188 .

2). of Alexander and his successors, usually with Art., IG 22.641 , 687 , Men. 293 , 340 (pl.); Σέλευκος Antiph. 187 ; Ἀντίγονος Alex.III; Πτολεμαῖος Id. 244 ; Ὀσυμανδύας βασιλεὺς βασιλέων D.S. 1.47 ; title used by Parthian kings, Plu. Pomp. 38 , D.C. 37.6 , etc.; by Antony, Plu. Ant. 54 ; of God, Apoc. 17.14 , 19.16 .

3). of the Roman emperors, AP 10.25 (Antip. Thess.); β. Ῥωμαίων BGU 588.10 (i A.D.), etc., cf. 1 Ep.Ti. 2.2 , J. AJ 14.15.14 ; β. αὐτοκράτωρ IG 3.13 (Hadrian), Hdn. 1.6.5 ; without Art., Paus. 10.32.19 .

IV). of any great man, πένησί τε καὶ βασιλεῦσιν Ps.-Phoc. 113 .

2). first or most distinguished of any class, Ἡρώδην τὸν β. τῶν λόγων Philostr. VS 2.10.1 , cf. Luc. Rh.Pr. II; winner at a game, Poll. 9.106 , Sch. Pl. Tht. 146a ; Stoic sage, μόνος β. Luc. Herm. 16 ; βασιλέως ἐγκέφαλος 'morsel fit for a king', Clearch. 5 ; β. σῦκα, name of a choice kind, Philem.Lex. ap. Ath. 3.76f ., cf. Poll. 6.81 .

V). = συμποσίαρχος , Plu. 2.622a , Luc. Sat. 4 .

VI). wren, Arist. HA 592b27 .

VII). queen-bee, ib. 623b9 , GA 759a20 , etc. (The form βασιλέα is scanned ^ ^ _ in Pi. N. 1.39 ; codd. βασίλεια.)