basilisco

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin basiliscus, from Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos, “little king”), diminutive of βασιλεύς (basileús, “chief, king”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.ziˈli.sko/
  • Rhymes: -isko
  • Hyphenation: ba‧si‧lì‧sco

Noun

basilisco m (plural basilischi)

  1. basilisk, a mythical snake-like dragon
  2. basilisk, a lizard of the genus Basiliscus

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

basiliscō

  1. dative/ablative singular of basiliscus

Portuguese

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Basiliscus vittatus

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin basiliscus, from Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos, “little king”), diminutive of βασιλεύς (basileús, “chief, king”).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ba‧si‧lis‧co

Noun

basilisco m (plural basiliscos)

  1. (mythology, science fiction) basilisk (snake-like dragon type)
  2. basilisk (any lizard of the genus Basiliscus)
  3. basilisk (a type of large brass cannon)

Further reading

Spanish

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San Isidoro de Sevilla definió el mítico basilisco como «el rey de las serpientes» en el siglo VII d.C.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin basiliscus, from Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos, “little king”), diminutive of βασιλεύς (basileús, “chief, king”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /basiˈlisko/
  • Rhymes: -isko
  • Syllabification: ba‧si‧lis‧co

Noun

basilisco m (plural basiliscos)

  1. (mythology, fantasy, heraldry) basilisk
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 260:
      Debe matarse el gallo antes de los siete años, pues cuando llega a esta edad, pone huevo pequeñito de que nace el Basilisco.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. basilisk lizard
    Synonyms: cutete, toloque

Derived terms

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