βασιλεύς
Ancient Greek
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Definitions
- chief, master
- king, lord, patron
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *gʷatiléus derived from Lydian 𐤡𐤠𐤯𐤯𐤬𐤳 (king).
Origin
Lydian
𐤡𐤠𐤯𐤯𐤬𐤳
Gloss
king
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
王
Emoji
👑 🦁
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- basileus English
- βασίλεια Ancient Greek
- βασίλειον Ancient Greek
- βασιλεία Ancient Greek
- βᾰσῐλεύς Ancient Greek
- Vasilica Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- βασίλειο Greek (modern)
- βασιλεύς Greek (modern)
- 巴西琉斯 Chinese
- bãsilãu Aromanian
- βασιλιάς gkm
- *gʷatiléus Proto-Hellenic
- 𐀣𐀯𐀩𐀄 Mycenaean Greek
- 𐤡𐤠𐤯𐤯𐤬𐤳 Lydian