The corpus record — Latin

basiliscus

basiliscus · m

A kind of lizard

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Where it lives

Res Gestae 7 · 0.55/10k
Pharsalia 2 · 0.39/10k
Adversus Marcionem 1 · 0.12/10k
In C. Verrem 1 · 0.1/10k
Naturalis Historia 4 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

băsĭliscus — Lewis & Short

băsĭliscus, i, m., = basili/skos.

I A kind of lizard, a basilisk: Lacerta basiliscus, Linn.; Plin. 8, 21, 33, § 78 sq.; App. Herb. 128; Sol. 27, 50; Vulg. Psa. 90 (91), 13. —For the deriv. of the word from basileu/s (king), v. Luc. 9, 726.—

II A surname of Cn. Pompeius, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 25.

In the wild

basilisco Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.29.p39
basilisci Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 8.21.p3
Basiliscus Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae val2.9.42
Basiliscus Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae val2.9.41
Basiliscus Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae val2.9.41
basiliscum Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.24

6 of 15 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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