βασιλεύς , ῆος: king, exercising the
functions of commander - in - chief, priest, and judge; pl., βασιλῆες, kings, nobles,
chiefs, termed σκηπτοῦχοι, διογενεῖς,
διοτρεφεῖς.—Used adjectively w. ἀνήρ,
Il. 3.170;
ἄναξ, Od. 20.194; hence
comp. βασιλεύτερος, sup. βασιλεύτατος, more, most kingly,
princely.