Βασίλειος

See also: βασίλειος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βασίλειος (basíleios, “kingly”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”).

Proper noun

Βασίλειος • (Basíleios)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Basil

Descendants

• Greek: Βασίλειος (Vasíleios)
• → Albanian: Vasil
• → Georgian: ვასილ (vasil)
• → Latin: Basilius
  • → Asturian: Basiliu
  • → Catalan: Basili
  • → English: Basil
  • → Finnish: Pasi
  • → French: Basile
  • → Galician: Basilio
  • → Italian: Basilio
  • → Occitan: Basili
  • → Polish: Bazyli
  • → Portuguese: Basílio
  • → Romanian: Vasile
  • → Slovene: Bazilij
  • → Spanish: Basilio
• → Old Armenian: Բարսեղ (Barseł), Բարսիղ (Barsił)
  • Armenian: Բարսեղ (Barseġ)
• → Old Armenian: Վասիլ (Vasil)
  • Armenian: Վասիլ (Vasil)
• → Old Church Slavonic: Василии (Vasilii)
  • → Belarusian: Васіль (Vasilʹ)
  • → Bulgarian: Васил (Vasil)
  • → Czech: Vasil
  • → Macedonian: Васил (Vasil)
  • → Russian: Василий (Vasilij)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: Василије

    Latin script: Vasilije

  • → Slovak: Vasil
  • → Ukrainian: Василь (Vasylʹ)

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Greek

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Βασίλειος (Basíleios).

Proper noun

Βασίλειος • (Vasíleios) m (feminine Βασιλική)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Basil

Declension

  Βασίλειος

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Βασίλειος •
genitive	Βασίλειου •
accusative	Βασίλειο •
vocative	Βασίλειε •

Derived terms

• (familiar form): Βασίλης m (Vasílis)
• (diminutive form) Βασιλάκης m (Vasilákis)

Related terms

• Άγιος Βασίλειος m (Ágios Vasíleios, “Saint Basil”)
• Άγιος Βασίλης m (Ágios Vasílis, “Father Christmas”)
• Βασιλεία f (Vasileía)