βασίλισσα
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom βᾰσῐλεύς (basileús, “king”) + -ῐσσᾰ (-issa, female suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ba.sí.lis.sa/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /baˈsi.lis.sa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βaˈsi.lis.sa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vaˈsi.lis.sa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vaˈsi.li.sa/
Noun
editβᾰσῐ́λῐσσᾰ • (basílissa) f (genitive βᾰσῐλῐ́σσης); first declension
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ βᾰσῐ́λῐσσᾰ hē basílissa |
τὼ βᾰσῐλῐ́σσᾱ tṑ basilíssā |
αἱ βᾰσῐ́λῐσσαι hai basílissai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς βᾰσῐλῐ́σσης tês basilíssēs |
τοῖν βᾰσῐλῐ́σσαιν toîn basilíssain |
τῶν βᾰσῐλῐσσῶν tôn basilissôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ βᾰσῐλῐ́σσῃ têi basilíssēi |
τοῖν βᾰσῐλῐ́σσαιν toîn basilíssain |
ταῖς βᾰσῐλῐ́σσαις taîs basilíssais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν βᾰσῐ́λῐσσᾰν tḕn basílissan |
τὼ βᾰσῐλῐ́σσᾱ tṑ basilíssā |
τᾱ̀ς βᾰσῐλῐ́σσᾱς tā̀s basilíssās | ||||||||||
Vocative | βᾰσῐ́λῐσσᾰ basílissa |
βᾰσῐλῐ́σσᾱ basilíssā |
βᾰσῐ́λῐσσαι basílissai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
edit- Greek: βασίλισσα (vasílissa)
Further reading
edit- “βασίλισσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βασίλισσα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βασίλισσα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek βασίλισσα (basílissa).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editβασίλισσα • (vasílissa) f (plural βασίλισσες, masculine βασιλιάς)
- queen (king's wife)
- Η Μαρία Αντουανέτα ήταν βασίλισσα της Γαλλίας.
- I María Antouanéta ítan vasílissa tis Gallías.
- Marie Antoinette was the queen of France.
- queen (ruling female monarch)
- Η Ελισάβετ Βʹ ήταν η βασίλισσα του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου.
- I Elisávet Vʹ ítan i vasílissa tou Inoménou Vasileíou.
- Elizabeth II was the queen of the United Kingdom.
- queen (reproductive female animal in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp)
- η βασίλισσα των μελισσών ― i vasílissa ton melissón ― the queen bee
- (figuratively) queen (powerful female figure)
- Η κόρη του είναι βασίλισσα της ομορφιάς.
- I kóri tou eínai vasílissa tis omorfiás.
- His daughter is a queen of beauty.
- (chess) queen
Declension
editDeclension of βασίλισσα
singular | plural | |
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nominative | βασίλισσα • | βασίλισσες • |
genitive | βασίλισσας • | βασιλισσών • |
accusative | βασίλισσα • | βασίλισσες • |
vocative | βασίλισσα • | βασίλισσες • |
See also
editChess pieces in Greek · πεσσοί (pessoí) (layout · text) | |||||
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βασιλιάς (vasiliás) | βασίλισσα (vasílissa) | πύργος (pýrgos) | αξιωματικός (axiomatikós), τρελός (trelós) | ίππος (íppos) | στρατιώτης (stratiótis), πιόνι (pióni) |
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