Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Βασίλειος • ‎(Basíleios)

1. A male given name

Descendants

• Greek: Βασίλειος ‎(Vasíleios)
• Latin: Basilius
  • English: Basil
  • Finnish: Pasi
  • French: Basile
  • Italian: Basilio
  • Spanish: Basilio
• Old Armenian: Բարսեղ ‎(Barseł), Վասիլ ‎(Vasil)
  • Armenian: Բարսեղ ‎(Barseł), Վասիլ ‎(Vasil)
• Russian: Василий ‎(Vasilij)

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βασίλειος ‎(Basíleios).

Proper noun

Βασίλειος • ‎(Vasíleios) m

1. A male given name, the Greek equivalent to Basil

Declension

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)
• Βασιλική f ‎(Vasilikí)

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βασιλήϊος ‎(basilḗïos) (Ionic)
• βασιλῇος ‎(basilêios) (Aeolic)

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /βasílios/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vasílios/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vasílios/

Adjective

βασίλειος • ‎(basíleios) m ‎(feminine βασιλεία, neuter βασίλειον); first/second declension

1. of the king, kingly, royal

Inflection

References

• βασίλειος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βασίλειος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «βασίλειος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «βασίλειος» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• “G934”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • imperial idem, page 420.
  • kingly idem, page 470.
  • lordly idem, page 500.
  • princely idem, page 641.
  • queenly idem, page 664.
  • regal idem, page 686.
  • royal idem, page 724.
  • ruling idem, page 726.
• LSJ 7th edition