basilica
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βᾰσῐλῐκή (basilikḗ), from βᾰσῐλῐκὴ στοά (basilikḕ stoá, “royal hall”), ultimately from βασιλικός (basilikós, “royal”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king, chief”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
basilica (plural basilicas or basilicae)
- (architecture) A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.
- A Roman Catholic church or cathedral with basilican status, a honorific status granted by the pope to recognize its historical, architectural, or sacramental importance.
- (obsolete) An apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; hence, any large hall used for this purpose.
Translations
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ).
Pronunciation
Noun
basilica f (plural basilica's, diminutive basilicaatje n)
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Italian
Etymology
Probably a borrowing from (Medieval) Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ).
Noun
basilica f (plural basiliche)
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See also
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ), from βασιλικὴ στοά/οἰκία (basilikḕ stoá/oikía, “royal hall”), from βασιλικός (basilikós, “regal”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king, chief”). Confer with rēgia and see also palatium, aula.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /baˈsi.li.ka/, [bäˈs̠ɪlʲɪkä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /baˈsi.li.ka/, [bäˈs̬iːlikä]
Noun
basilica f (genitive basilicae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | basilica | basilicae |
Genitive | basilicae | basilicārum |
Dative | basilicae | basilicīs |
Accusative | basilicam | basilicās |
Ablative | basilicā | basilicīs |
Vocative | basilica | basilicae |
Descendants
References
- “basilica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “basilica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- basilica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- basilica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “basilica”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “basilica”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
- “basilica”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “basilica”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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