βᾰσίλ-ειος, ον,
also α, ον [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 589, “IG” 12.115] Refs 4th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect and Aeolic dialect βᾰσιλ-ήϊος, η, ον, also βᾰσιλ-ῇος Melinnoap.[[ 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 3.7.12, “Hymnus ad Isim” 138] Refs 5th c.AD+]:— royal, δεινὸν δὲ γένος βασιλήϊόν ἐστι κτείνειν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.401; ὁ β. θρόνος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.14, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; used by Trag. in Lyric poetry, β. οἶκοι, μέλαθρα, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 157, “Ch.” 343 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἰσχύς, τιάρα, [[ [prev. author] “Pers.” 589, 661 ] Refs]; νόστος ὁ β. the king's return,[[ [prev. work] 8; τοῖς β. νόμοις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 382 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare πῆχυς.
__2 of the archon βασιλεύς, ἡ β. στοά [[ “IG” 12.115, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 7.1, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.3.1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+] (also of the basilica of Herod at Jerusalem, [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 15.11.5). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__3 'royal', i.e.choice, μύρον [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 23.19, 5th c.BC: Crates Comicus 2 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; compare βασίλεια· γένος ἰσχάδων, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__4 Ἄρτεμις βασιληΐη, divinity in Thrace, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.33. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]