king, chief,
βᾰσῐλ-εύς,ὁ, gen.έως, Ep.
ῆος, Cypr.
ῆϝος
Inscr.Cypr. 104 , 135H. : acc.βασιλέα,
contr.
-ῆOrac. ap. Hdt. 7.220 , E. Fr. 781.24 (lyr.): nom. pl.βασιλεῖς,
Aeol.
A.
-ηες
Sapph. Supp. 6.4
, IG 12(2).6 (Mytil.),-ειεςib. 646a45 , al., Ep.
-ῆες,old Att.
-ῆς
S. Aj. 188
, 960 (both lyr.), cf. Hdn. Gr. 1.430 : acc. pl. βασιλέας
IG 12.115
, laterβασιλεῖςib. 2.243 , etc.:—king, chief,
Hom. , etc.: freq. with collat. sense ofcaptainorjudge,
Hes. Op. 202 ; διοτρεφέες β.
Il. 2.445
, etc.; θεῖοι
Od. 4.691
, etc.; later,hereditary king,opp.τύραννος,
Arist. EN 1160b3 , etc.; but also of tyrants, as Hiero, Pi. O. 1.23 ; of Gelo, Hdt. 7.161 ; of Pisistratus, Eup. 123 , cf. Sch. Ar. Ach. 61 : joined with aSubst., βασιλεὺς ἀνήρ
Il. 3.170
, etc.; ἀνὴρ β.
Hdt. 1.90
;ἄναξ β.lordking,
A. Pers. 5 , cf. B. 17.1 : c. gen., β. νεῶν
A. Ag. 114
(anap.);οἰωνῶν β.,of the eagle, ibid., Pi. O. 13.21 : Comp.
βασιλεύτερος more kingly,
Il. 9.160
, 392 , Od. 15.533 , Tyrt. 12.7 : Sup.
βασιλεύτατος
Il. 9.69
.
b. of the gods, Ζεὺς θεῶν β.
Hes. Th. 886
, cf. Pi. O. 7.34 , Emp. 128.2 , etc. (in this sense Hom. usesἄναξ); as cult title of Zeus, IG 7.3073.90 (Lebad.), SIG 1014.110 (Erythrae), etc. (butΖεὺς β., =Ahuramazda, X. Cyr. 3.3.21 , al., Arr. An. 4.20.3 );ὁ μέγας β.,ofGod,
LXX Ps. 47(48).2 , Ph. 2.107 : Sup.
βασιλεύτατοι τῶν θεῶν
Max.Tyr. 29.5
.
2. as a title of rank,prince,
β. εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλοι πολλοὶ ἐν . . Ἰθάκῃ
Od. 1.394
, cf. 8.390 , etc.; of Cyrus, X. Oec. 4.16 .
b. descendant of a royal house,esp. in Ionia, Arist. Ath. 41.3 ;βασιλέων οἶκοι'estatesof the royal house',name of a district in Chios, Ἀθηνᾶ
20.168
.
3. generally,lord, master,
Il. 18.556 , Pi. O. 6.47 .
4. metaph., πόλεμος πάντων β.
Heraclit. 53
; νόμος ὁ πάντων β.
Pi. Fr. 169
.
II. at Athens,the second of the nine Archons,
IG 12.76 , al., Antipho 6.38 , Lys. 6.4 , Arist. Pol. 1285b17 , Ath. 57 , etc.; ἡ τοῦ β. στοά
Pl. Euthphr. 2a
.
2. title of magistrates in other Greek states, asβασιλᾶεςat Elis, GDI 1152 , cf. IG 12(2).6 (Mytil.), etc., Arist. Pol. 1322b29 .
3. at Rome,β. τῶν ἱερῶν, = rex sacrorum,
D.H. 5.1 , cf. D.C. 54.27 .
III. after the Persian war (without Art.),the king of Persia,
Hdt. 7.174 ,al.; ἄναξ Ξέρξης β.
A. Pers. 5
, cf. 144 , Ar. Ach. 61 , Th. 8.48 , IG 22.141 (βασιλῆς βασιλέως ὕποχοι μεγάλου,of the Satraps, A. Pers. 24 , cf. 44 , S.E. M. 2.22 ); less freq. ὁ βασιλεύς
Hdt. 1.132
, 137 , Arist. Pol. 1304b13 ; β. ὁ μέγας
Hdt. 1.188
.
2. of Alexander and his successors, usually with Art., IG 22.641 , 687 , Men. 293 , 340 (pl.); Σέλευκος
Antiph. 187
;ἈντίγονοςAlex.III; Πτολεμαῖος
Id. 244
; Ὀσυμανδύας βασιλεὺς βασιλέων
D.S. 1.47
; title used by Parthiankings,
Plu. Pomp. 38 , D.C. 37.6 , etc.; by Antony, Plu. Ant. 54 ; ofGod,
Apoc. 17.14 , 19.16 .
3. of the Romanemperors,
AP 10.25 (Antip. Thess.); β. Ῥωμαίων
BGU 588.10
(i A.D.), etc., cf. 1 Ep.Ti. 2.2 , J. AJ 14.15.14 ; β. αὐτοκράτωρ
IG 3.13
(Hadrian), Hdn. 1.6.5 ; without Art., Paus. 10.32.19 .
IV. of anygreat man,
πένησί τε καὶ βασιλεῦσιν
Ps.-Phoc. 113
.
2. firstormost distinguished of any class,
Ἡρώδην τὸν β. τῶν λόγων
Philostr. VS 2.10.1
, cf. Luc. Rh.Pr. II;winnerat a game, Poll. 9.106 , Sch. Pl. Tht. 146a ; Stoicsage,
μόνος β.
Luc. Herm. 16
;βασιλέως ἐγκέφαλος'morsel fit for a king', Clearch. 5 ;β. σῦκα,name of achoicekind, Philem.Lex. ap. Ath. 3.76f ., cf. Poll. 6.81 .
V.
= συμποσίαρχος , Plu. 2.622a , Luc. Sat. 4 .
VI. wren,
Arist. HA 592b27 .
VII. queen-bee,ib. 623b9 , GA 759a20 , etc. (The formβασιλέαis scanned ^ ^ _ in Pi. N. 1.39 ; codd.βασίλεια.)
