# basileus
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βασιλεύς (basileús, “chief, king”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˌbæsɪˈleɪəs/

### Noun

basileus (plural basilei or basileis)
* A title of the Byzantine emperor.
** 1978, Славяни, volume 34, page 3:For two centuries its towers and domes were to rise in the heavens, drawing the attention of Emperors and Basilei, of Popes and Patriarchs.
** 1990, Ernst Kitzinger, The Mosaics of St. Mary’s of the Admiral in Palermo, Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, →ISBN, page 192:Although portrayals of basileis of the eleventh century wearing the loros in the traditional manner are not lacking, I cannot cite a Byzantine example of metropolitan origin later than 1100.
** 2003, Victor Spinei, The Great Migrations in the East and South East of Europe from the Ninth to the Thirteenth Century, Romanian Cultural Institute, →ISBN, page 193:The revitalization of the Byzantine Empire during the reigns of the energetic and capable basilei of the Comnens dynasty: Alexios I (1081-1118), John II (1118-1143) and Manuel (1143-1180), and the wars with a Rum Sultanate troubled by dynastic fights drastically diminished its possessions in Anatolia.
** 2007, Transylvanian Review, volume 16, Romanian Cultural Foundation, page 16:It is quite easy to establish the identity of these “Roman princes” who reoccupied Pannonia after Attila’s death: they were the basilei from Constantinople who, after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, claimed to be the only successors of the Caesars (around the turn of the 9th century they began to call themselves “basilei of the Romans”—“basileis ton Romanon” or “Romaion”).
** 2017, Michael Martin, City of the Sun: Development and Popular Resistance in the Pre-Modern West, New York, N.Y.: Algora Publishing, →ISBN, page 64:In our third example, the tyrant Nabis usurped power from the traditional, dual basileis of Sparta, then had them executed.
** 2020, David B. Small, “Institutional Evolution of Ancient Greece”, in Dmitri M[ikhailovich] Bondarenko, Stephen A. Kowalewski, David B. Small, editors, The Evolution of Social Institutions: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (World-Systems Evolution and Global Futures), Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 274:The basileis of the Iron Age were now replaced with various appointed and elected magistrates.
** 2020, Tsvetelin Stepanov, translated by Daria Manova, Waiting for the End of the World: European Dimensions, 950–1200 (East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450–1450; 57), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 251:It would probably be worth seeking a possible connection-and-overlay between the name of one of the Byzantine basilei of the 9th century and the godfather of Boris I, Michael III, and that of the Bulgarian ruler Boris-Michael himself, who also lived in that age.
** 2023, Christian Raffensperger, Rulers and Rulership in the Arc of Medieval Europe, 1000-1200, Abingdon, Oxon, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN:“Peter and Maria basilei of Bugaria,” “Peter and Maria in Christ autocrats of the Bulgarians,” and “Peter and Maria in Christ august autocrats and basilei.”

### Further reading

* basileus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* issuable, suasible

## Finnish
### Etymology

< Ancient Greek βασιλεύς (basileús, “chief, king”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɑsileus/, [ˈbɑ̝s̠iˌle̞us̠]
* Rhymes: -eus
* Hyphenation: ba‧si‧le‧us

### Noun

basileus
* basileus (title of the Byzantine emperor)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of basileus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
basileukseni
basileukseni
accusative
nom.
basileukseni
basileukseni
gen.
basileukseni
genitive
basileukseni
basileusteni basileuksieni
partitive
basileustani
basileuksiani
inessive
basileuksessani
basileuksissani
elative
basileuksestani
basileuksistani
illative
basileukseeni
basileuksiini
adessive
basileuksellani
basileuksillani
ablative
basileukseltani
basileuksiltani
allative
basileukselleni
basileuksilleni
essive
basileuksenani
basileuksinani
translative
basileuksekseni
basileuksikseni
abessive
basileuksettani
basileuksittani
instructive
comitative
—basileuksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
basileuksesi
basileuksesi
accusative
nom.
basileuksesi
basileuksesi
gen.
basileuksesi
genitive
basileuksesi
basileustesi basileuksiesi
partitive
basileustasi
basileuksiasi
inessive
basileuksessasi
basileuksissasi
elative
basileuksestasi
basileuksistasi
illative
basileukseesi
basileuksiisi
adessive
basileuksellasi
basileuksillasi
ablative
basileukseltasi
basileuksiltasi
allative
basileuksellesi
basileuksillesi
essive
basileuksenasi
basileuksinasi
translative
basileukseksesi
basileuksiksesi
abessive
basileuksettasi
basileuksittasi
instructive
comitative
—basileuksinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
basileuksemme
basileuksemme
accusative
nom.
basileuksemme
basileuksemme
gen.
basileuksemme
genitive
basileuksemme
basileustemme basileuksiemme
partitive
basileustamme
basileuksiamme
inessive
basileuksessamme
basileuksissamme
elative
basileuksestamme
basileuksistamme
illative
basileukseemme
basileuksiimme
adessive
basileuksellamme
basileuksillamme
ablative
basileukseltamme
basileuksiltamme
allative
basileuksellemme
basileuksillemme
essive
basileuksenamme
basileuksinamme
translative
basileukseksemme
basileuksiksemme
abessive
basileuksettamme
basileuksittamme
instructive
comitative
—basileuksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
basileuksenne
basileuksenne
accusative
nom.
basileuksenne
basileuksenne
gen.
basileuksenne
genitive
basileuksenne
basileustenne basileuksienne
partitive
basileustanne
basileuksianne
inessive
basileuksessanne
basileuksissanne
elative
basileuksestanne
basileuksistanne
illative
basileukseenne
basileuksiinne
adessive
basileuksellanne
basileuksillanne
ablative
basileukseltanne
basileuksiltanne
allative
basileuksellenne
basileuksillenne
essive
basileuksenanne
basileuksinanne
translative
basileukseksenne
basileuksiksenne
abessive
basileuksettanne
basileuksittanne
instructive
comitative
—basileuksinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
basileuksensa
basileuksensa
accusative
nom.
basileuksensa
basileuksensa
gen.
basileuksensa
genitive
basileuksensa
basileustensa basileuksiensa
partitive
basileustaan basileustansa
basileuksiaan basileuksiansa
inessive
basileuksessaan basileuksessansa
basileuksissaan basileuksissansa
elative
basileuksestaan basileuksestansa
basileuksistaan basileuksistansa
illative
basileukseensa
basileuksiinsa
adessive
basileuksellaan basileuksellansa
basileuksillaan basileuksillansa
ablative
basileukseltaan basileukseltansa
basileuksiltaan basileuksiltansa
allative
basileukselleen basileuksellensa
basileuksilleen basileuksillensa
essive
basileuksenaan basileuksenansa
basileuksinaan basileuksinansa
translative
basileuksekseen basileukseksensa
basileuksikseen basileuksiksensa
abessive
basileuksettaan basileuksettansa
basileuksittaan basileuksittansa
instructive
comitative
—basileuksineen basileuksinensa :

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* basileos, basilleus, vasileus

### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βασιλεύς (basileús).

### Noun

basileus m (genitive basileī); second declension
* (Medieval Latin) king, emperor

#### Declension

Second-declension noun.

### References

* basileus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* basileus in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
* R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “basileus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC