basilisco

Borrowed from Latin basiliscus, from Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos, “little king”), diminutive of βασιλεύς (basileús, “chief, king”).

• IPA^(key): /ba.ziˈlis.ko/
• Rhymes: -isko
• Hyphenation: ba‧si‧lì‧sco

basilisco m (plural basilischi)

1. basilisk, a mythical snake-like dragon
2. basilisk, a lizard of the genus Basiliscus

• bassilico

basiliscō

1. dative/ablative singular of basiliscus

• basalisco (obsolete)

Borrowed from Latin basiliscus, from Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos, “little king”), diminutive of βασιλεύς (basileús, “chief, king”).

• Hyphenation: ba‧si‧lis‧co

basilisco m (plural basiliscos)

1. (mythology, science fiction) basilisk (snake-like dragon type)
2. basilisk (any lizard of the genus Basiliscus)
3. basilisk (a type of large brass cannon)

• “basilisco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Borrowed from Latin basiliscus, from Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos, “little king”), diminutive of βασιλεύς (basileús, “chief, king”).

• IPA^(key): /basiˈlisko/ [ba.siˈlis.ko]
• Rhymes: -isko
• Syllabification: ba‧si‧lis‧co

basilisco m (plural basiliscos)

1. (mythology, fantasy, heraldry) basilisk
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 260:

     Debe matarse el gallo antes de los siete años, pues cuando llega a esta edad, pone huevo pequeñito de que nace el Basilisco.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. basilisk lizard

   Synonyms: cutete, toloque

• “basilisco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024