basilium

Latin

Alternative forms
  • basilēum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βᾰσίλειον (basíleion, “palace; royal treasure”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ba.siˈliː.um/, [ba.sɪˈliː.ũː]

Noun

basilīum n (genitive basilīī); second declension

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

Declension

Second declension.

Case 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
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