βασιλεύω

A. to be king, rule, reign, οὐ μέν πως πάντες βασιλεύσομεν ἐνθάδ’ Ἀχαιοί Il. 2.203; ἶσον ἐμοὶ βασίλευε 9.616; ἐν ὑμῖν . . βασίλευε was king among you, Od. 2.47; ὄφρ’ 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. 1 A 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,IG 12.7<*>6, 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 LXX Jd. 9.6; but β. τισὶ βασιλέα make them a king, ib. 1 Ki. 8.22, 12.1.