basiliscus

Latin

Alternative forms

• basilischus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βᾰσῐλῐ́σκος (băsĭlĭ́skos), diminutive of βᾰσῐλεύς (băsĭleús, “king”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ba.sɪˈlɪs.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ba.s̬iˈlis.kus]

Noun

basiliscus m (genitive basiliscī); second declension

1. a basilisk
2. a cockatrice

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	basiliscus	basiliscī
genitive	basiliscī	basiliscōrum
dative	basiliscō	basiliscīs
accusative	basiliscum	basiliscōs
ablative	basiliscō	basiliscīs
vocative	basilisce	basiliscī

Descendants

• → Italian: basilisco
• → Old French: basilique (see there for further descendants)
• → 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, 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