βασίλειον

Ancient Greek

noun

Definitions

The home of a king: palace (often)
The place from which a king rules: capital
Royal treasury
Tiara, diadem

Etymology

Suffix from Ancient Greek βασιλεύς (king, chief, emperor, prince, leader).

Origin

Ancient Greek

βασιλεύς

Gloss

king, chief, emperor, prince, leader

Concept

Semantic Field

Social and political relations

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

`Kanji`

長

Emoji

👑 🦁

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

basileus English
βασίλεια Ancient Greek
βασιλεία Ancient Greek
βασιλεύς Ancient Greek
Vasilica Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
βασίλειο Greek (modern)
βασιλεύς Greek (modern)
υπερβασίλειο Greek (modern)
巴西琉斯 Chinese
bãsilãu Aromanian
*gʷatiléus Proto-Hellenic