The meaning basil appears first attested in Aëtius of Amida and seems calqued from the Middle Persian term continued in contemporary Persian[1] as شاهسپرم (šâhesparam), شاهسپرغم (šâhesparağm), from شاه (šâh, “king”) + اسپرم (esparam, “fragrant herb”), as also Arabic calqued it as رَيْحَان الْمَلِك (rayḥān al-malik) from رَيْحَان (rayḥān, “fragrant herb”) and مَلِك (malik, “king”). See also the synonymous presumed Oriental borrowing ὤκῐμον (ṓkimon).
βᾰσῐλῐκόν • (basilikón)
βᾰσῐλῐκόν • (basilikón) n (genitive βᾰσῐλῐκοῦ); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ βᾰσῐλῐκόν tò basilikón |
τὼ βᾰσῐλῐκώ tṑ basilikṓ |
τᾰ̀ βᾰσῐλῐκᾰ́ tà basiliká | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βᾰσῐλῐκοῦ toû basilikoû |
τοῖν βᾰσῐλῐκοῖν toîn basilikoîn |
τῶν βᾰσῐλῐκῶν tôn basilikôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βᾰσῐλῐκῷ tôi basilikôi |
τοῖν βᾰσῐλῐκοῖν toîn basilikoîn |
τοῖς βᾰσῐλῐκοῖς toîs basilikoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ βᾰσῐλῐκόν tò basilikón |
τὼ βᾰσῐλῐκώ tṑ basilikṓ |
τᾰ̀ βᾰσῐλῐκᾰ́ tà basiliká | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βᾰσῐλῐκόν basilikón |
βᾰσῐλῐκώ basilikṓ |
βᾰσῐλῐκᾰ́ basiliká | ||||||||||
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