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Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Byzantine Greek βασιλιάς < βασιλέας (basiléas) with synizesis to avoid hiatus. From Ancient Greek βασιλεύς (basileús, “king, leader, prince, emperor”),[1] from Proto-Hellenic *gʷatiléus; the word, attested in some form since Mycenaean times, is of uncertain ultimate etymology; possibly of Anatolian origin.[2] Also see βασίλισσα (basílissa, “queen”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.siˈʎas/
- Hyphenation: βα‧σι‧λιάς
Noun
βασιλιάς • (vasiliás) m (plural βασιλιάδες, feminine βασίλισσα)
- king
Ο Βασιλιάς των Λιονταριών- O Vasiliás ton Liontarión
- The Lion King
- (chess) king
- (figuratively) tycoon (king of) + type of business
Ο Φορντ ήταν βασιλιάς της αυτοκινητοβιομηχανίας.- O Fornt ítan vasiliás tis aftokinitoviomichanías.
- Ford was the king of automobile industry.
Declension
Synonyms
- (ruler): μονάρχης m (monárchis, “monarch”)
- (playing cards): ρήγας m (rígas, “king”)
Derived terms
- αβασίλευτος (avasíleftos, “not governed by a monarch; not set”)
- αγιοβασιλιάτικος (agiovasiliátikos)
- αντιβασιλεία f (antivasileía, “regency”)
- αντιβασιλέας m (antivasiléas, “regent”)
- αντιβασιλικός (antivasilikós, “antimonarchist”)
- βασιλεία f (vasileía, “monarch”)
- βασίλειο n (vasíleio, “kingdom”)
- βασίλεμα n (vasílema, “sunset”)
- βασιλεύουσα f (vasilévousa, “reigning”) (epithet of Constantinople)
- βασιλεύω (vasilévo, “reign; sunset”)
- βασιλίδα f (vasilída) (epithet of Constantinople)
- βασιλικός (vasilikós, “regal; royalist”) & compounds
- βασιλο- (vasilo-) compounds
- ηλιοβασίλεμα n (iliovasílema, “sunset”)
- μεσοβασιλεία f (mesovasileía)
- φιλοβασιλικός (filovasilikós, “royalist”)
- χαρτοβασίλειο n (chartovasíleio)
See also
References
- ^ βασιλιάς, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ βασιλιάς - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
