Βασίλειος

See also: βασίλειος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βασίλειος (basíleios, “of the king, kingly, royal”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ba.sí.leː.os/ → /βaˈsi.li.os/ → /vaˈsi.li.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ba.sí.leː.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /baˈsi.li.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βaˈsi.li.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vaˈsi.li.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vaˈsi.li.os/

• Hyphenation: Βα‧σί‧λει‧ος

Proper noun

Βασίλειος • (Basíleios) m (genitive Βασιλείου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Basil

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Βασίλειος; τοῦ Βασιλείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Βασίλειος ho Basíleios
Genitive	τοῦ Βασιλείου toû Basileíou
Dative	τῷ Βασιλείῳ tôi Basileíōi
Accusative	τὸν Βασίλειον tòn Basíleion
Vocative	Βασίλειε Basíleie
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Βασίλειος (Vasíleios)
• → Albanian: Vasil
• → Georgian: ვასილ (vasil)
• → Latin: Basilius
  • → Asturian: Basiliu
  • → Catalan: Basili
  • → English: Basil
  • → Finnish: Pasi
  • → French: Basile
  • → Galician: Basilio
  • → Italian: Basilio
  • → Occitan: Basili
  • → Polish: Bazyli
  • → Portuguese: Basílio
  • → Slovene: Bazilij
  • → Spanish: Basilio
• → Old Armenian: Բարսեղ (Barseł), Բարսիղ (Barsił)
  • Armenian: Բարսեղ (Barseġ)
• → Old Armenian: Բասիլ (Basil)
• → Old Armenian: Վասիլ (Vasil)
  • Armenian: Վասիլ (Vasil)
• → Old Church Slavonic: Василии (Vasilii)
  • → Belarusian: Васіль (Vasilʹ)
  • → Bulgarian: Васил (Vasil)
  • → Czech: Vasil
  • → Macedonian: Васил (Vasil)
  • → Romanian: Vasile
  • → Russian: Василий (Vasilij)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: Василије

    Latin script: Vasilije

  • → Slovak: Vasil
  • → Ukrainian: Василь (Vasylʹ)
• → Old Georgian: ბასილი (basili)
  • Georgian: ბასილი (basili)

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βασίλειος (Basíleios).

Proper noun

Βασίλειος • (Vasíleios) m (feminine Βασιλική)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Basil

Declension

	singular
nominative	Βασίλειος (Vasíleios)
genitive	Βασίλειου (Vasíleiou)
accusative	Βασίλειο (Vasíleio)
vocative	Βασίλειε (Vasíleie)

Derived terms

• (familiar form): Βασίλης m (Vasílis)
• (diminutive form): Βασιλάκης m (Vasilákis)

Related terms

• Άγιος Βασίλειος m (Ágios Vasíleios, “Saint Basil”)
• Άγιος Βασίλης m (Ágios Vasílis, “Father Christmas”)
• Βασιλεία f (Vasileía)