βασιλικόν (basilikon)

βασιλικόν is an Ancient Greek form of βασιλικός, meaning “royal, kingly”. It is the accusative singular neuter adjective.

Found 151 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 2.8.66: … ενος. ἀπέλαυε μὲν γὰρ ἡδονῆς τῶν παρόντων, οὐκ ἐθήρα δὲ πόνῳ τὴν ἀπόλαυσιν τῶν οὐ παρόντων· ὅθεν καὶ Διογένης βασιλικὸν κύνα ἔλεγεν αὐτόν. ὁ δὲ Τίμων παρέφαγεν ὡς θρυπτόμενον, οὑτωσί πως εἰπών· οἷά τʼ Ἀριστίππου τρυφερὴ φύσις ἀμφ …

Marcus Aurelius, Ad Se Ipsum 7.36.1: ʽΒασιλικὸν εὖ μὲν πράττειν, κακῶς δὲ ἀκούειν.ʼ

All forms of βασιλικός (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.