Lewis Short
băsĭliscus (noun M) = βασιλίσκος: .
* 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.
* A surname of Cn. Pompeius, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 25.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary