Basiliscus

Translingual

Basiliscus basiliscus (common basilisk)

Etymology

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Proper noun

Basiliscus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Corytophanidae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida – subclass; Lepidosauromorpha – infraclass; Lepidosauria – superorder; Squamata – order; Iguania – suborder; Pleurodonta – infraorder; Corytophanidae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Basiliscus basiliscus (common basilisk) – type species

References

• Basiliscus (lizard) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Basiliscus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Basiliscus (lizard) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Hellenic *gʷatiléus

Ancient Greek βᾰσῐλεύς (băsĭleús)

Proto-Indo-European *-iskos

Ancient Greek -ῐ́σκος (-ĭ́skos)

Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos)bor.

Latin Basiliscus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos, “royal”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ba.sɪˈlɪs.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ba.s̬iˈlis.kus]

Proper noun

Basiliscus m sg (genitive Basiliscī); second declension

1. An East Roman Emperor, Basiliscus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Basiliscus
genitive	Basiliscī
dative	Basiliscō
accusative	Basiliscum
ablative	Basiliscō
vocative	Basilisce

Descendants

• → Italian: Basilisco