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Basiliscus (Ancient Gr****: Βασιλίσκος, romanized:
Basilískos; died 476/477) was
Eastern Roman emperor from 9
January 475 to
August 476. He
became magister...
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natural predator, the mongoose. The word
originates from the Gr**** form
basilískos (Gr****: βασιλίσκος; Latin: basiliscus),
which means "little king", "little...
- name, Basiliscus, and the
common name, "basilisk",
derive from the Gr****
basilískos (βασιλίσκος)
meaning "little king". The
specific epithet, vittatus, which...
- name, basiliscus, is
derived from the Gr**** word for king, βασιλισκος (
basiliskos), and
alludes to this snake's
large size and
potent venom. No subspecies...
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words for the wren (βασιλεύς basileus, 'king') and the
crest (βασιλίσκος
basiliskos, 'kinglet'), and the legend's
reference to the "smallest of birds" becoming...
- basilisk. Its generic, specific, and
common names all
derive from the Gr****
basilískos (βασιλίσκος),
meaning 'little king'. The
specific epithet was
given in...
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translates to the Gr**** árchōn (ἄρχων). It is
presumably translated as
basiliskos (βασιλίσκος "petty king") in the P****io of
Sabbas the Goth. The Gothic...
- the Bear.
Aristotle and
Plutarch called the wren
basileus (king) and
basiliskos (little king). In German, the wren is
called Zaunkönig (king of the fence)...
- Rēgulus is
Latin for 'prince' or 'little king'; its Gr****
equivalent is
Basiliskos or, in
Latinised form, Basiliscus. The name
Regulus first appeared in...
- to
stone by its gaze: the basilisk. This name
derives from the Gr****
basilískos (βασιλίσκος)
meaning "little king". This
generic name was
given in Carl...
