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βασιλεύω

βασιλεύω, βασιλεύω, be king; (inceptive aor.) became king

βᾰσῐλ-εύω,
  • to be king, rule, reign, οὐ μέν πως πάντες βασιλεύσομεν ἐνθάδʼ Ἀχαιοί Il. 2.203; ἶσον ἐμοὶ βασίλευε 9.616; ἐν ὑμῖν . . βασίλευε was king among you, Od. 2.47; ὄφρʼ Ἰθάκης κατὰ δῆμον . . βασιλεύοι 22.52; also of a woman, ἢ βασίλευεν ὑπὸ Πλάκῳ reigned as queen, Il. 6.425; ἡ δὲ Πύλου βασίλευε Od. 11.285: in aor., to have become king, Hdt. 2.2: c. gen., to be king of, rule over, ἐν . . Ἰθάκῃ βασιλεύσει Ἀχαιῶν Od. 1.401, etc.; βασιλεύοντος βασιλέων Ἀρσάκου PAvrom. 1A 1: c. dat., to be king among, Γιγάντεσσιν βασίλευεν Od. 7.59; later β. ἐπὶ τὰς δύο βασιλείας LXX 1 Ma. 1.16:—Pass., to be governed by a king, Pl. R. 576d, 576e, al., Arist. Pol. 1284b39, etc.: c. acc. cogn., βασιλείαν πασῶν δικαιοτάτην βασιλεύεσθαι Pl. Lg. 680e: generally, to be governed or administered, Pi. P. 4.106, etc.; ὑπὸ νόμου Lys. 2.19: hence, submit to the king, Plu. Sull. 12.
        • b to be ἄρχων β. at Athens, Isoc. 18.5,IG I.2.776, al.; of other magistrates, SIG 709 (Chersonesus), 1054 (Samothrace).
        • c later ἡ βασιλεύουσα πόλις the imperial city, of Rome, Ath. 3.98c, cf. CPHerm. 125ii3.
      • 2 enjoy as master, τῶ χρυσῶ β. Theoc. 21.60 codd.
      • 3 abs., live royally, β. ἐν πενίᾳ Plu. Virt. et vit. 2.101d, cf. 1 Ep.Cor. 4.8.
    • II causal, appoint as king, τινά LXX Jd. 9.6; but β. τισὶ βασιλέα make them a king, ib. 1 Ki. 8.22, 12.1.

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