basilium

Latin

Alternative forms

• basilēum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βᾰσίλειον (basíleion, “palace; royal treasure”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ba.siˈliː.um/, [bäs̠ɪˈlʲiːʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ba.siˈli.um/, [bäs̬iˈliːum]
• Hyphenation: ba‧si‧li‧um

Noun

basilīum n (genitive basilīī); second declension

1. A royal or princely ornament; a crown on the statue of Isis.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	basilīum	basilīa
Genitive	basilīī	basilīōrum
Dative	basilīō	basilīīs
Accusative	basilīum	basilīa
Ablative	basilīō	basilīīs
Vocative	basilīum	basilīa

References

• “basilium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• basilium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “basilium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “basilium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin