different between basilisk vs basilica

English

Alternative forms

• basilisc

Etymology

From Middle English basilicke, borrowed from Old French basilique, from Latin basiliscus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (basilískos, “literally, a minor king or chieftain; also, a kind of snake so called from a white spot on the head resembling a crown”), from ???????? (basileús, “king”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæs.?.l?sk/, /?bæz.?.l?sk/

Noun

basilisk (plural basilisks)

1. A mythical snake-like dragon, so venomous that even its gaze was deadly.

   The deadly look of the basilisk

   1. (science fiction) An information hazard, especially a Langford's basilisk.
2. (heraldry) A type of dragon used in heraldry.
3. A tree-dwelling type of lizard of the genus Basiliscus - the basilisk lizard
4. A type of large brass cannon.

Translations

Adjective

basilisk (not comparable)

1. Suggesting a basilisk (snake-like dragon): baleful, spellbinding.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch basilisc, from Latin basiliscus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (basilískos)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?.si?l?sk/
• Hyphenation: ba?si?lisk
• Rhymes: -?sk

Noun

basilisk m (plural basilisken, diminutive basiliskje n)

1. a basilisk (mythological or heraldic monster, part serpent, part rooster)

   Synonyms: koningshagedis, koningsslang

2. (zoology) a basilisk, a tree-dwelling type of lizard of the genus Basiliscus

   Synonym: boomhagedis

Related terms

• basilica
• basilicum
• basiliek

Middle English

Noun

basilisk

1. Alternative form of basilicke

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek ???????? (basilik?), from ???????? ???? (basilik? stoá, “royal hall”), ultimately from ????????? (basilikós, “royal”), from ???????? (basileús, “king, chief”). Doublet of basoche.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b??s?l?k?/

Noun

basilica (plural basilicas or basilicae)

1. (architecture) A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.
2. A Roman Catholic church or cathedral with basilican status, an honorific status granted by the pope to recognize its historical, architectural, or sacramental importance.
3. (obsolete) An apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; hence, any large hall used for this purpose.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek ???????? (basilik?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba??zi.li.ka?/
• Hyphenation: ba?si?li?ca

Noun

basilica f (plural basilica's, diminutive basilicaatje n)

1. basilica

Synonyms

• basiliek

Related terms

• basilicum

Italian

Etymology

Probably a borrowing from (Medieval) Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek ???????? (basilik?).

Noun

basilica f (plural basiliche)

1. basilica
2. church

Derived terms

• basilicale

See also

• chiesa
• santuario

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???????? (basilik?), from ???????? ????/????? (basilik? stoá/oikía, “royal hall”), from ????????? (basilikós, “regal”), from ???????? (basileús, “king, chief”). Confer with r?gia and see also palatium, aula.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ba?si.li.ka/, [bä?s??l?kä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ba?si.li.ka/, [b??s?i?lik?]

Noun

basilica f (genitive basilicae); first declension

1. basilica
2. church (medieval, Eastern Orthodox)
3. oblong hall with colonnade as a court of law/exchange

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• basilica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• basilica in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• basilica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• basilica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• basilica in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• basilica in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) , Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
• basilica in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• basilica in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin