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.