basiliscus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

băsĭliscus, i, m., = βασιλίσκος.

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 βασιλεύς (king), v. Luc. 9, 726.—

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