βασίλειον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βᾰσιλήϊον (basilḗïon) — Ionic

Etymology

From βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”) +‎ -ιον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ba.sí.leː.on/ → /βaˈsi.li.on/ → /vaˈsi.li.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ba.sí.leː.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /baˈsi.li.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βaˈsi.li.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vaˈsi.li.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vaˈsi.li.on/

• Hyphenation: βα‧σί‧λει‧ον

Noun

βᾰσῐ́λειον • (basíleion) n (genitive βᾰσῐλείου); second declension

1. The home of a king: palace (often in the plural)
2. The place from which a king rules: capital
3. Royal treasury
4. Tiara, diadem

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βᾰσῐ́λειον; τοῦ βᾰσῐλείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βᾰσῐ́λειον tò basíleion	τὼ βᾰσῐλείω tṑ basileíō	τᾰ̀ βᾰσῐ́λειᾰ tà basíleia
Genitive	τοῦ βᾰσῐλείου toû basileíou	τοῖν βᾰσῐλείοιν toîn basileíoin	τῶν βᾰσῐλείων tôn basileíōn
Dative	τῷ βᾰσῐλείῳ tôi basileíōi	τοῖν βᾰσῐλείοιν toîn basileíoin	τοῖς βᾰσῐλείοις toîs basileíois
Accusative	τὸ βᾰσῐ́λειον tò basíleion	τὼ βᾰσῐλείω tṑ basileíō	τᾰ̀ βᾰσῐ́λειᾰ tà basíleia
Vocative	βᾰσῐ́λειον basíleion	βᾰσῐλείω basileíō	βᾰσῐ́λειᾰ basíleia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “βασίλειον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βασίλειον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• G933 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible