βασιλίς

A. = βασίλεια, queen, princess, S. Ant. 941 (dub.l.), E. Hec. 552; β. νύμφη, γυνή, E. Med. 1003, Hipp. 778: in Prose, β. γυναικῶν Pl. Lg. 694e, cf. Plu. Alex. 21; of a Roman Imperial princess, Philostr. VA 1.3.

b. = βασίλισσα 2, Eust. 1425.42.

2. as Adj., royal, ἑστία, εὐναί, E. Rh. 718, IA 1307 (lyr.); of cities, β. Ῥώμη IG 14.830 (Puteoli); β. πόλις, of Rome, Gal. 14.796; of Constantinople, OGI 521.22 (Abydos), Them. Or. 11.144a, Agath. 1.4, etc.; so β. alone, Lyd. Mag. 2.14; also β. χώρα, = Rome, Vett.Val. 226.14.

b. metaph., καρδίη β. Hp. Nat.Hom. 6.

II. kingdom, D.S. 29.22.