basiliscus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === basilischus === Etymology === From Ancient Greek βᾰσῐλῐ́σκος (băsĭlĭ́skos), diminutive of βᾰσῐλεύς (băsĭleús, “king”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ba.sɪˈlɪs.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ba.s̬iˈlis.kus] === Noun === basiliscus m (genitive basiliscī); second declension a basilisk a cockatrice ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “basiliscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "basiliscus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “basiliscus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “basiliscus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “basiliscus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray