basilisco

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

• IPA^(key): /ba.ziˈli.sko/
• 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. basilisk (snake-like dragon type)

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

• “basilisco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014