βασιλεία

See also: Βασιλεία, βασίλεια, and βασίλειον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βασιλείη (basileíē), βασιληΐη (basilēḯē) — Ionic

Etymology

From the stem of βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ba.si.lěː.aː/ → /βa.siˈli.a/ → /va.siˈli.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ba.si.lěː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ba.siˈli.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βa.siˈli.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /va.siˈli.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /va.siˈli.a/

Noun

βᾰσῐλείᾱ • (basileíā) f (genitive βᾰσῐλείᾱς); first declension

1. A kingdom, a dominion
2. A hereditary monarchy
3. The office of king
   1. (in Athens) the office of archon
4. (with passive meaning) being ruled by a king

Inflection

First declension of ἡ βᾰσῐλείᾱ; τῆς βᾰσῐλείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βᾰσῐλείᾱ hē basileíā	τὼ βᾰσῐλείᾱ tṑ basileíā	αἱ βᾰσῐλεῖαι hai basileîai
Genitive	τῆς βᾰσῐλείᾱς tês basileíās	τοῖν βᾰσῐλείαιν toîn basileíain	τῶν βᾰσῐλειῶν tôn basileiôn
Dative	τῇ βᾰσῐλείᾳ têi basileíāi	τοῖν βᾰσῐλείαιν toîn basileíain	ταῖς βᾰσῐλείαις taîs basileíais
Accusative	τὴν βᾰσῐλείᾱν tḕn basileíān	τὼ βᾰσῐλείᾱ tṑ basileíā	τᾱ̀ς βᾰσῐλείᾱς tā̀s basileíās
Vocative	βᾰσῐλείᾱ basileíā	βᾰσῐλείᾱ basileíā	βᾰσῐλεῖαι basileîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Adjective

βᾰσῐλείᾱ • (basileíā)

1. inflection of βᾰσῐ́λειος (basíleios):
   1. nominative/vocative singular feminine
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative dual feminine

Further reading

• “βασιλεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βασιλεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βασιλεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• βασιλεία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G932 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • kingship idem, page 470.
  • lordship idem, page 500.
  • rule idem, page 725.

Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.siˈli.a/
• Hyphenation: βα‧σι‧λεί‧α

Noun

βασιλεία • (vasileía) f (plural βασιλείες)

1. monarchy, kingdom, kingship

Declension

Declension of βασιλεία

	singular	plural
nominative	βασιλεία •	βασιλείες •
genitive	βασιλείας •	βασιλειών •
accusative	βασιλεία •	βασιλείες •
vocative	βασιλεία •	βασιλείες •

Synonyms

• μοναρχία f (monarchía)

Derived terms

• συνταγματική βασιλεία f (syntagmatikí vasileía, “constitutional monarchy”)

Related terms

• αντιβασιλεία f (antivasileía, “regency”)
• Βασιλεία f (Vasileía, “Basel”) (city)
• βασίλειο n (vasíleio, “kingdom”)
• μεσοβασιλεία f (mesovasileía)

• and see: βασιλιάς m (vasiliás, “king”)

Further reading

• βασιλεία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language