basiliscus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos, “royal, imperial”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ba.siˈlis.kus/, [bäs̠ɪˈlʲɪs̠kʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ba.siˈlis.kus/, [bäs̬iˈliskus]

Noun

basiliscus m (genitive basiliscī); second declension

  1. a basilisk or cockatrice

Declension

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
  • English: basilisk
  • French: basilic
  • Italian: basilisco
  • Portuguese: basilisco
  • Spanish: basilisco

References
  • “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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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