basilium

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βᾰσίλειον (băsíleion, palace; royal treasure).

Pronunciation

Noun

basilīum n (genitive basilīī); second declension

  1. A royal or princely ornament; a crown on the statue of Isis.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative basilīum basilīa
genitive basilīī basilīōrum
dative basilīō basilīīs
accusative basilīum basilīa
ablative basilīō basilīīs
vocative basilīum basilīa

References

  • basilium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • basilium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • basilium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • basilium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin