βᾰσῐλ-εύω,
to be king, rule, reign, οὐ μέν πως πάντες βασιλεύσομεν ἐνθάδ᾽ Ἀχαιοί [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.203; ἶσον ἐμοὶ βασίλευε 9.616 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν ὑμῖν.. βασίλευε was king among you, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.47; ὄφρ᾽ Ἰθάκης κατὰ δῆμον.. βασιλεύοι 22.52 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also of a woman, ἢ βασίλευεν ὑπὸ Πλάκῳ reigned as queen, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.425; ἡ δὲ Πύλου βασίλευε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.285 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: in aorist, to have become king, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with genitive, to be king of, rule over, ἐν.. Ἰθάκῃ βασιλεύσει Ἀχαιῶν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.401, etc.; βασιλεύοντος βασιλέων Ἀρσάκου “PAvrom.” 1 A 1] Refs 8th c.BC+]: with dative, to be king among, Γιγάντεσσιν βασίλευεν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.59; later β. ἐπὶ τὰς δύο βασιλείας LXX.1Mac.1.16 ] LXX+8th c.BC+]:—passive, to be governed by a king, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 576d, 576e, +others, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1284b39, etc.: c._accusative_ _cognate_, βασιλείαν πασῶν δικαιοτάτην βασιλεύεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 680e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, to be governed or administered, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.106, etc.; ὑπὸ νόμου 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.19 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, submit to the king, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 12. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__b to be ἄρχων β. at Athens, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 18.5, “IG” 12.776, +others;] Refs 5th c.BC+] of other magistrates, [[ “SIG” 709 (from Chersonesus), 1054 (from Samothrace). ] Refs]