basileus
IPA: bʌsˈɪɫiʌs
noun
- A title of the Byzantine emperor.
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Examples of "basileus" in Sentences
- The etymology of basileus is unclear.
- They were usually ruled by a basileus.
- She used the title of basilissa , female form of basileus.
- She used the title of 'basilissa', female form of basileus.
- This bride was given the title basilissa, female form of basileus.
- This is not an artificial dictionary distinction like the breves on basileus.
- The basileus in the tablets had been a minor official but now he was the king.
- Basil herbs are royalty, meaning "King" the name originated from the Greek word basileus.
- There were a series of lower officials, including the basileus, later the Greek word for king.
- Græcis hoc scriptum: [Greek: ho theos basileus hæmon pro aionos eirgasato sotærian en mesoi tæs gæs]. hoc est dicere, Deus
- The leaders of the aristocratic clans met in a council (boule) and advised the king, now called a basileus instead of wanax.
- But in his writings Dio presents a further portrait of the king, namely the basileus as a solitary, poor, and suffering figure.
- But now he is coming in his primal form, as a basileus of Kos [the healing temple of Asklepios, birthplace of Hippocrates, father of medicine].
- They add that, although it is loathly and horrible to look upon, being in the form of a skeleton, I yet give it especial honour and call it in the Greek tongue, basileus, my king.
- His reply 124 is expressive of his weakness: he proves, with some learning, that, both in sacred and profane history, the name of king is synonymous with the Greek word basileus: if, at Constantinople, it were assumed in a more exclusive and imperial sense, he claims from his ancestors, and from the popes, a just participation of the honors of the Roman purple.