βασιλεία

basileia-2

kingdom, dominion

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 2
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Book III 1
Chapter 14 1284b35–1285b32

1285a17
Book V 1
Chapter 10 1310a39–1313a14

1313a4
Metaphysics 1
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Book Δ 1
Chapter 1 1012b34–1013a23

1013a12

Dictionary (LSJ)

βασιλεία, Ion. βᾰσιλ-ηΐη, ἡ, A. kingdom, dominion, Hdt. 1.11, etc.; παιδὸς ἡ β. Heraclit. 52; hereditary monarchy, opp. τυραννίς, ἐπὶ ῥητοῖς γέρασι πατρικαὶ β. Th. 1.13; βασιλείας εἴδη τέτταρα Arist. Pol. 1285b20; ἡ πρώτη πολιτεία μετὰ τὰς β. after the age of monarchies, ib.1297b17: metaph., ἐποίησεν ἡμᾶς β. Apoc. 1.6; β. τῶν οὐρανῶν Ev.Matt. 3.2; τοῦ θεοῦ ib.6.33, etc. 2. kingly office, β. καὶ στρατηγία Arist. Pol. 1273a37. 3. at Athens, the office of the archon βασιλεύς, Paus. 1.3.1. 4. Pass., being ruled by a king, τῆς ὑπʼ ἐκείνου βασιλείας Isoc. 9.43. II. diadem, D.S. 1.47, OGI 90.43 (Rosetta). III. reign, ib.331.40 (Pergam.), D.S. 17.1, POxy. 1257.7(iii A. D.); so αἱ β. the reigns of the Kings, title of book of VT; accession to the throne, BGU 646.12 (ii A. D.). IV. concrete, His Majesty, LXX 4 Ki. 11.1, 1 Ma. 6.47.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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