βασιλεία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βασιληΐη (basilēḯē) — Ionic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

βασιλείᾱ • (basileíā) f (genitive βασιλείᾱς); 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

Adjective

βᾰσῐλείᾱ • (basileíā)

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

References

• “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, 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

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 - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.