Βασίλειος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βασίλειος (basíleios, “of the king, kingly, royal”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”).

Pronunciation

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

Hyphenation: Βα‧σί‧λει‧ος

Proper noun

Βασίλειος • (Basíleios) m (genitive Βασιλείου); second declension

a male given name, equivalent to English Basil

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Βασίλειος; τοῦ Βασιλείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Βασίλειος ho Basíleios
Genitive	τοῦ Βασιλείου toû Basileíou
Dative	τῷ Βασιλείῳ tôi Basileíōi
Accusative	τὸν Βασίλειον tòn Basíleion
Vocative	Βασίλειε Basíleie
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Βασίλειος (Vasíleios)
→ Albanian: Vasil
→ Georgian: ვასილ (vasil)
→ Latin: Basilius
- → Asturian: Basiliu
- → Catalan: Basili
- → English: Basil
- → Finnish: Pasi
- → French: Basile
- → Galician: Basilio
- → Italian: Basilio
- → Occitan: Basili
- → Polish: Bazyli
- → Portuguese: Basílio
- → Slovene: Bazilij
- → Spanish: Basilio
→ Old Armenian: Բարսեղ (Barseł), Բարսիղ (Barsił)
- Armenian: Բարսեղ (Barseġ)
→ Old Armenian: Բասիլ (Basil)
→ Old Armenian: Վասիլ (Vasil)
- Armenian: Վասիլ (Vasil)
→ Old Church Slavonic: Василии (Vasilii)
- → Belarusian: Васіль (Vasilʹ)
- → Bulgarian: Васил (Vasil)
- → Czech: Vasil
- → Macedonian: Васил (Vasil)
- → Romanian: Vasile
- → Russian: Василий (Vasilij)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: Василије
  
  Latin script: Vasilije
- → Slovak: Vasil
- → Ukrainian: Василь (Vasylʹ)
→ Old Georgian: ბასილი (basili)
- Georgian: ბასილი (basili)

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βασίλειος (Basíleios).

Proper noun

Βασίλειος • (Vasíleios) m (feminine Βασιλική)

a male given name, equivalent to English Basil

Declension

Βασίλειος

case \ number	singular
nominative	Βασίλειος •
genitive	Βασίλειου •
accusative	Βασίλειο •
vocative	Βασίλειε •

Derived terms

(familiar form): Βασίλης m (Vasílis)
(diminutive form): Βασιλάκης m (Vasilákis)

Related terms

Άγιος Βασίλειος m (Ágios Vasíleios, “Saint Basil”)
Άγιος Βασίλης m (Ágios Vasílis, “Father Christmas”)
Βασιλεία f (Vasileía)

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