basiliscus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos), diminutive of βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ba.siˈlis.kus/, [bäs̠ɪˈlʲɪs̠kʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ba.siˈlis.kus/, [bäs̬iˈliskus]
Noun[edit]
basiliscus m (genitive basiliscī); second declension
- a basilisk or cockatrice
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | basiliscus | basiliscī |
| Genitive | basiliscī | basiliscōrum |
| Dative | basiliscō | basiliscīs |
| Accusative | basiliscum | basiliscōs |
| Ablative | basiliscō | basiliscīs |
| Vocative | basilisce | basiliscī |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “basiliscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- basiliscus 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)
- basiliscus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “basiliscus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “basiliscus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray