βασιλεύς
βασιλεύς
deriv. uncertain
a king, chief, Hom.: later it was an hereditary king, opp. to τύραννος, Hdt., Attic; ἄναξ β. lord king, Aesch.: c. gen., β. νεῶν Aesch.; οἰωνῶν β., of the eagle, Aesch.:—Hom. has a comp. βασιλεύτερος more of a king, more kingly, Sup. βασιλεύτατος most kingly.
of the kingʼs son, prince, or any one sharing in the government, Od.
generally, a lord, master, householder, Il., Pind.
at Athens, the second of the nine Archons was called βασιλεύς; he had charge of the public worship, and the conduct of criminal processes, Plat., etc.
after the Persian war, the king of Persia was called βασιλεύς (without the Art.), Hdt., Attic; more rarely ὁ βασιλεύς, or ὁ μέγας βας. Hdt.
Headword (normalized):
βασιλεύς
Headword (normalized/stripped):
βασιλευς
Intro Text:
βασιλεύς
deriv. uncertain
a king, chief, Hom.: later it was an hereditary king, opp. to τύραννος, Hdt., Attic; ἄναξ β. lord king, Aesch.: c. gen., β. νεῶν Aesch.; οἰωνῶν β., of the eagle, Aesch.:—Hom. has a comp. βασιλεύτερος more of a king, more kingly, Sup. βασιλεύτατος most kingly.
of the kingʼs son, prince, or any one sharing in the government, Od.
generally, a lord, master, householder, Il., Pind.
at Athens, the second of the nine Archons was called βασιλεύς; he had charge of the public worship, and the conduct of criminal processes, Plat., etc.
after the Persian war, the king of Persia was called βασιλεύς (without the Art.), Hdt., Attic; more rarely ὁ βασιλεύς, or ὁ μέγας βας. Hdt.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n6180
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