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βασιλεύω

basileuo

to be king, rule, reign

Appears 18 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

βασιλεύω, A. to be king, rule, reign, οὐ μέν πως πάντες βασιλεύσομεν ἐνθάδʼ Ἀχαιοί Il. 2.203; ἶσον ἐμοὶ βασίλευε 9.616; ἐν ὑμῖν . . βασίλευε was king among you, Od. 2.47; ὄφρʼ Ἰθάκης κατὰ δῆμον . . βασιλεύοι 22.52; also of a woman, ἢ βασίλευεν ὑπὸ Πλάκῳ reigned as queen, Il. 6.425; ἡ δὲ Πύλου βασίλευε Od. 11.285: in aor., to have become king, Hdt. 2.2: c. gen., to be king of, rule over, ἐν . . Ἰθάκῃ βασιλεύσει Ἀχαιῶν Od. 1.401, etc.; βασιλεύοντος βασιλέων Ἀρσάκου PAvrom. 1A 1: c. dat., to be king among, Γιγάντεσσιν βασίλευεν Od. 7.59; later β. ἐπὶ τὰς δύο βασιλείας LXX 1 Ma. 1.16:—Pass., to be governed by a king, Pl. R. 576d, 576e,al., Arist. Pol. 1284b39, etc.: c.acc. cogn., βασιλείαν πασῶν δικαιοτάτην βασιλεύεσθαι Pl. Lg. 680e: generally, to be governed or administered, Pi. P. 4.106, etc.; ὑπὸ νόμου Lys. 2.19: hence, submit to the king, Plu. Sull. 12. b. to be ἄρχων β. at Athens, Isoc. 18.5,IGI.2.776, al.; of other magistrates, SIG 709 (Chersonesus), 1054 (Samothrace). c. later ἡ βασιλεύουσα πόλις the imperial city, of Rome, Ath. 3.98c, cf. CPHerm. 125ii3. 2. enjoy as master, τῶ χρυσῶ β. Theoc. 21.60 codd. 3. abs., live royally, β. ἐν πενίᾳ Plu. 2.101d, cf. 1 Ep.Cor. 4.8. II. causal, appoint as king, τινά LXXJd. 9.6; but β. τισὶ βασιλέα make them a king, ib. 1 Ki. 8.22, 12.1.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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