βασίλειον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βᾰσιλήϊον (băsilḗïon) — Ionic

Etymology

From βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”) +‎ -ιον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• Hyphenation: βα‧σί‧λει‧ον

Noun

βᾰσῐ́λειον • (băsĭ́leion) n (genitive βᾰσῐλείου); second declension

1. The home of a king: palace (often in the plural)
2. The place from which a king rules: capital
3. Royal treasury
4. tiara, diadem

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βᾰσῐ́λειον; τοῦ βᾰσῐλείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βᾰσῐ́λειον tò băsĭ́leion	τὼ βᾰσῐλείω tṑ băsĭleíō	τᾰ̀ βᾰσῐ́λειᾰ tằ băsĭ́leiă
Genitive	τοῦ βᾰσῐλείου toû băsĭleíou	τοῖν βᾰσῐλείοιν toîn băsĭleíoin	τῶν βᾰσῐλείων tôn băsĭleíōn
Dative	τῷ βᾰσῐλείῳ tôi băsĭleíōi	τοῖν βᾰσῐλείοιν toîn băsĭleíoin	τοῖς βᾰσῐλείοις toîs băsĭleíois
Accusative	τὸ βᾰσῐ́λειον tò băsĭ́leion	τὼ βᾰσῐλείω tṑ băsĭleíō	τᾰ̀ βᾰσῐ́λειᾰ tằ băsĭ́leiă
Vocative	βᾰσῐ́λειον băsĭ́leion	βᾰσῐλείω băsĭleíō	βᾰσῐ́λειᾰ băsĭ́leiă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “βασίλειον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βασίλειον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• G933 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible