basiliscus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos, “royal, imperial”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ba.siˈlis.kus/, [ba.sɪˈlɪs.kʊs]

basiliscus m (genitive basiliscī); second declension

1. a basilisk or cockatrice

Second declension.

• English: basilisk
• French: basilic
• Italian: basilisco
• Portuguese: basilisco
• Spanish: basilisco

• basiliscus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• basiliscus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray