βασίλειον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”) + -ιον (-ion)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ba.sí.leː.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /baˈsi.li.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βaˈsi.li.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vaˈsi.li.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vaˈsi.li.on/
Noun
βᾰσῐ́λειον • (basíleion) n (genitive βᾰσῐλείου); second declension
- The home of a king: palace (often in the plural)
- The place from which a king rules: capital
- Royal treasury
- Tiara, diadem
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ βᾰσῐ́λειον tò basíleion |
τὼ βᾰσῐλείω tṑ basileíō |
τᾰ̀ βᾰσῐ́λειᾰ tà basíleia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βᾰσῐλείου toû basileíou |
τοῖν βᾰσῐλείοιν toîn basileíoin |
τῶν βᾰσῐλείων tôn basileíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βᾰσῐλείῳ tôi basileíōi |
τοῖν βᾰσῐλείοιν toîn basileíoin |
τοῖς βᾰσῐλείοις toîs basileíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ βᾰσῐ́λειον tò basíleion |
τὼ βᾰσῐλείω tṑ basileíō |
τᾰ̀ βᾰσῐ́λειᾰ tà basíleia | ||||||||||
Vocative | βᾰσῐ́λειον basíleion |
βᾰσῐλείω basileíō |
βᾰσῐ́λειᾰ basíleia | ||||||||||
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References
- “βασίλειον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βασίλειον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- G933 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible