STEP Liddell–Scott–Jones: βασιλεύς

βᾰσῐλ-εύς, ὁ,

genitive έως, Epic dialect ῆος, [[ 5th c.AD: Cypria ῆϝος “Inscription Cyprian dialect” 104,135H.: _accusative_ βασιλέα, _contraction_ -ῆ] Refs 5th c.AD+] Oracle texts cited in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.220, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 781.24 (Lyric poetry): _nominative_ _plural_ βασιλεῖς,] Refs 5th c.BC+] Aeolic dialect -ηες[[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 6.4, “IG” 12(2).6 (Mytil.), -ειες [prev. work] 646a45, +others, _Epic dialect_ -ῆες,] Refs 7th c.BC+] old Attic dialect -ῆς[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 188, 960 (both Lyric poetry), compare 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus Gr. 1.430: _accusative_ _plural_ βασιλέας “IG” 12.115, later βασιλεῖς [prev. work] 2.243, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— king, chief, [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently with collateral sense of captain or judge, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 202; διοτρεφέες β. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.445, etc.; θεῖοι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.691, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; later, hereditary king, opposed to τύραννος, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1160b3, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; but also of tyrants, as Hiero, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.23 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Gelo, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.161 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Pisistratus, [[ 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 123, cf. Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 61 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: joined with a substantive, βασιλεὺς ἀνήρ [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.170, etc.; ἀνὴρ β. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.90 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄναξ β. lord king, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 5, compare 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 17.1: with _genitive_, β. νεῶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 114 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἰωνῶν β., of the eagle, [[[prev. passage], 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative βασιλεύτερος more kingly, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.160, 392, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.533, 7th c.BC: Tyrtaeus Elegiacus 12.7 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: superlative βασιλεύτατος [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.69. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]