βᾰσῐλ-ίσκος,ὁ, Dim. of
βασιλεύς,
A. princelet, chieftain,
Plb. 3.44.5 , OGI 200.18 (Axum); also, = βασιλείδιον , Ath. 13.566a .
II. kind of serpent, basilisk,perh.Egyptian cobra,
Hp. Ep. 19 ( Hermes 53.65 ), LXX Ps. 90(91).13 ,al., Hld. 3.8 , Artem. 4.56 , Horap. 1.1 , Democr. [300] , Plin. 8.78 .
III. wren,
Aesop. ap. Plu. 2.806e , Ruf Fr. 117 , Artem. 4.56 ;gold-crest,
Philagr. ap. Aët, 11.11 .
IV. sea-fish,
Opp. H. 1.129 , Marc.Sid. 26 .
V. the star a Leonis, Regulus,
Gem. 3.5 , Heph.Astr. 2.18 , etc.
VI. kind ofshoe,
Poll. 7.85 .