βασιλικόν

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

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 (ṓkĭmon).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

βᾰσῐλῐκόν • (băsĭlĭkón)

  1. inflection of βᾰσῐλῐκός (băsĭlĭkós):
    1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
    2. masculine accusative singular

Noun

βᾰσῐλῐκόν • (băsĭlĭkón) n (genitive βᾰσῐλῐκοῦ); second declension

  1. treasury, royal bank
  2. palace
  3. royal decree
  4. name for various remedies, including: plaster and eyesalve
  5. basil (Ocimum basilicum)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ βᾰσῐλῐκόν; τοῦ βᾰσῐλῐκοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ βᾰσῐλῐκόν
tò băsĭlĭkón 		τὼ βᾰσῐλῐκώ
tṑ băsĭlĭkṓ 		τᾰ̀ βᾰσῐλῐκᾰ́
tằ băsĭlĭkắ
Genitive τοῦ βᾰσῐλῐκοῦ
toû băsĭlĭkoû 		τοῖν βᾰσῐλῐκοῖν
toîn băsĭlĭkoîn 		τῶν βᾰσῐλῐκῶν
tôn băsĭlĭkôn
Dative τῷ βᾰσῐλῐκῷ
tôi băsĭlĭkôi 		τοῖν βᾰσῐλῐκοῖν
toîn băsĭlĭkoîn 		τοῖς βᾰσῐλῐκοῖς
toîs băsĭlĭkoîs
Accusative τὸ βᾰσῐλῐκόν
tò băsĭlĭkón 		τὼ βᾰσῐλῐκώ
tṑ băsĭlĭkṓ 		τᾰ̀ βᾰσῐλῐκᾰ́
tằ băsĭlĭkắ
Vocative βᾰσῐλῐκόν
băsĭlĭkón 		βᾰσῐλῐκώ
băsĭlĭkṓ 		βᾰσῐλῐκᾰ́
băsĭlĭkắ
Notes:

Descendants

“basil”

References

  1. ^ Moattar, Fariborz (1971) Ismāʻīl Ǧorǧānī und seine Bedeutung für die iranische Heilkunde, insbesondere Pharmazie, unter Berücksichtigung seiner Verdienste für die Gestaltung der neupersischen Sprache (in German), Marburg an der Lahn: Görich & Weiershäuser, page 233
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