βασιλεύω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
βασιλεύω
Structure:
βασιλεύ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to be king, to rule, reign as king
- to enjoy as absolute master
- (absolute) to live right royally
- (causal) to appoint as king
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἦρχον δ’ οὕτω σφόδρα τὴν ἀρχήν, ὥστ’ εἴ τισ καὶ βασιλεύοι ἐν ταῖσ πόλεσιν τῶν Ἑλλήνων Ἀγαμέμνων ἢ Μενέλαοσ, ἐπὶ τῶν σκήπτρων ἐκάθητ’ ὄρνισ μετέχων ὅ τι δωροδοκοίη. (Aristophanes, Birds, Agon, epirrheme 1:11)
- πρὸσ ταῦτα Λύσανδροσ ἔλεγεν ὡσ, εἰ πάνυ φοβοῖντο τὸν χρησμὸν οἱ Σπαρτιᾶται, φυλακτέον αὐτοῖσ εἰή τὸν Λεωτυχίδην οὐ γὰρ εἰ προσπταίσασ τισ τὸν πόδα βασιλεύοι, τῷ θεῷ διαφέρειν, ἀλλ’ εἰ μὴ γνήσιοσ ὢν μηδὲ Ἡρακλείδησ, τοῦτο τὴν χωλὴν εἶναι βασιλείαν. (Plutarch, Agesilaus, chapter 3 5:1)
- ἆρά γε ὅτι αἰχμητήσ τε κρατερὸσ ἂν εἰή, οὐκ εἰ μόνοσ αὐτὸσ εὖ ἀγωνίζοιτο πρὸσ τοὺσ πολεμίουσ, ἀλλ’ εἰ καὶ παντὶ τῷ στρατοπέδῳ τούτου αἴτιοσ εἰή, καὶ βασιλεὺσ ἀγαθόσ, οὐκ εἰ μόνον τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ βίου καλῶσ προεστήκοι, ἀλλ’ εἰ καί, ὧν βασιλεύοι, τούτοισ εὐδαιμονίασ αἴτιοσ εἰή; (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 2 3:3)
- εἰ δὲ υἱὸσ ὢν μὴ τυγχάνοι, ὁ ἀδελφόσ κα ὣσ βασιλεύοι. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 3 3:3)
- οὗτοσ γὰρ ἐπίηλεν τάδε ἔργα, οὔ τι γάμου τόσσον κεχρημένοσ οὐδὲ χατίζων, ἀλλ’ ἄλλα φρονέων, τά οἱ οὐκ ἐτέλεσσε Κρονίων, ὄφρ’ Ἰθάκησ κατὰ δῆμον ἐϋκτιμένησ βασιλεύοι αὐτόσ, ἀτὰρ σὸν παῖδα κατακτείνειε λοχήσασ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 22 8:3)
Synonyms
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to be king
-
to appoint as king
