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βασιλικός, royal, kingly

βᾰσῐλ-ικός, ή, όν,
  • royal, kingly, ποιέεις οὐδαμῶς -κά Hdt. 2.173; β. γένος A. Pr. 869; β. [μοναρχία] Pl. Plt. 291e; opp. τυραννικός, Arist. Pol. 1285b3; βασιλικοὶ ἀπέβησαν proved themselves truly kingly, Plb. 8.10.10; βασιλικόν [ἐστι] πράττειν μὲν εὖ, κακῶς δʼ ἀκούειν Arr. Epict. 4.6.20; ἦθος β. X. Oec. 21.10; τὸ β. Id. Cyr. 1.3.18: βασιλική (sc. τέχνη), ἡ, art of ruling, Andronic.Rhod. p. 574 M.: Comp. -ώτερος Herm. ap. Stob. 1.49.45, Jul. Or. 2.54d: Sup. βασιλικώτατος καὶ ἄρχειν ἀξιώτατος X. An. 1.9.1, cf. Isoc. 2.29; -ωτάτη χάρις Plu. Alex. 21. Adv. -κῶς, παρών as a king, with kingly authority, X. Cyr. 1.4.14; β. ἄρχειν Arist. Pol. 1259b1.
      • 2 of or belonging to a king, οἱ β. the kingʼs friends or officers, Plb. 8.12.10; ἐγκλήματα β. charges of high-treason, Id. 25.3.1; ὀφειλήματα β. debts to the king, ib. 3; β. πρόσοδοι PPetr. 3 p.56; γραμματεύς (cf. II.1) Wilcken Chr. 233.2 (ii B.C.), etc.; γεωργοί PTeb. 5.200 (ii B.C.), etc.; ὁδὸς β. the kingʼs highway, LXX Nu. 20.17, PPetr. 3 p.65 (iii B.C.); μὴ εἶναι β. ἀτραπὸν ἐπὶ γεωμετρίαν no royal road, Euc. ap. Procl. in Euc. p.68 F.; β. νόμος OGI 483.1, Ep.Jac. 2.8; αἱ β. βίβλοι the books of Kings, Ph. 1.427.
      • 3 choice (cf. βασίλειος 3), μίνδαξ Amphis 27.
      • 4 κάρυα β. walnuts, Dsc. 1.125; καρύαι PSI 4.428.65 (iii B.C.).
        • b β. κύμινον, = ἄμι, Dsc. 3.62.
    • II as Subst.,
      • 1 βασιλικός (sc. γραμματεύς), ὁ, official in Egyptian νομοί, POxy. 1219.15 (iii A. D.).
        • b (sc. οἶκος) basilica, CIG 2782.25 (Aphrodisias).
        • c (sc. ὄρνις) = ἀκαλανθίς, Sch. Ar. Pax 1078.
        • d (sc. ἀστήρ) = βασιλίσκος V, Cat.Cod.Astr. 7.201.23.
      • 2 βασιλικὴ στοά hall divided into aisles by columns, IG 12(3).326.18 (Thera), Str. 5.3.8 (pl.); β. alone, OGI 511.15 (Aezani), Lat. basilica, Vitr. 5.1.4,6.3.9, cf. Plu. Publ. 15, Cat.Mi. 5, App. BC 2.26.
      • 3 βασιλικόν (sc. ταμιεῖον), τό, treasury, εἰς τὸ β. ἀπομετρῆσαι, τελεῖν, PSI 4.344.17 (iii B.C.), D.S. 2.40, etc.; ὀφείλειν PRev.Laws 5.1, al.; royal bank, OGI 90.29 (Rosetta), PRein. 13.19, al., BGU 830.18 (i A. D.).
        • b (sc. δῶμα) palace, D.C. 60.4.
        • c (sc. πρόσταγμα) royal decree, LXX Es. 1.19.
        • d (sc. φάρμακον) name for various remedies, = τετραφάρμακον, Gal. 12.601; of other compounds, ibid.; a plaster, Id. 13.184; an eyesalve, Id. 12.782 (also -κός, ὁ, a bandage, Id. 18(1).777).
        • e (sc. φυτόν) basil, Ocimum basilicum, Suid.
        • f βασιλικά, τά, communications received from kings, SIG 333.23 (Samos), 426.26 (Teos); also, interests or revenues of the crown, PRev.Laws 15.4 (iii B. C.), PTeb. 5.256 (ii B. C.), LXX 1 Ma. 10.43; prerogatives, ib. 15.8.

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