βασιλιάς
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Greek
Alternative forms
- βασιλέας m (vasiléas)
- (Katharevousa) βασιλεύς m (vasiléfs)
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
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
Declension of βασιλιάς
| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | βασιλιάς • | βασιλιάδες • |
| genitive | βασιλιά • | βασιλιάδων • |
| accusative | βασιλιά • | βασιλιάδες • |
| vocative | βασιλιά • | βασιλιάδες • |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- βασιλιάς των ζώων (vasiliás ton zóon, “lion, king of beasts”)
Related 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
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| βασιλιάς (vasiliás) | βασίλισσα (vasílissa) | πύργος (pýrgos) | αξιωματικός (axiomatikós), τρελός (trelós) | ίππος (íppos) | στρατιώτης (stratiótis), πιόνι (pióni) |
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 (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre