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By Vespasianus according to Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.
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Mint made me think of what else I have growing out back, and I learned something. The name Basil means kingly; the plant name origin is ORIGIN from Greek basilikos ‘royal’. , and basilisk also: basilisk
/bazzilisk/
• noun 1 a mythical reptile with a lethal gaze or breath. 2 a long, slender Central American lizard, the male of which has a crest running from the head to the tail.
— ORIGIN Greek basiliskos ‘little king, serpent’.
From askOxford.com.
Em-can anybody tell me why the second one has two esses? (in the Greek word) This troubles me.
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you got two(2) distinct Gk words there, J.
basilikos - royal, kingly
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basiliskos - princelet, chieftain; kind of serpent
that "second" s would seem to make it a diminutive(?)
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Basil certainly comes from basilikos. Otherwise it would be advisable to always pound it to a pesto. (reptile with a lethal gaze or breath; oof)
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Harry Potter faces a basilisk with a letal gaze, Bran, or so they
say in the advertisements.
----please, draw me a sheep----
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Yeh, but I wouldn't like to face that gaze in my bowl of spaghetti.
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Thanks, tsuwm. I know nothing about Greek.
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Thanks, tsuwm. I know nothing about Greek. well, it's all Greek to me.
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