torture

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

v. trans.

Rack: Ar. and P. στρεβλοῦν, βασανίζειν, P. διαστρεβλοῦν.

Ill-treat: P. and V. αἰκίζεσθαι; see ill-treat.

Met., P. and V. λυπεῖν, ἀνιᾶν; see distress.

Be tortured, be on the rack: use also Ar. and P. παρατείνεσθαι.

subs.

Ar. and P. βάσανος, ἡ.

Rack: Ar. and P. τροχός, ὁ.

Ill-treatment: P. and V. αἰκία, ἡ, αἴκισμα, τό.

Met., P. and V. λύπη, ἡ, ἀνία, ἡ; see distress, pain.

Put to the torture, v.: P. ἀναβιβάζειν ἐπὶ τὸν τραχόν.

Be put to the torture: P. ἐπὶ τὸν τροχὸν ἀναβαίνειν, Ar. and P. ἐπὶ τοῦ τροχοῦ στρεβλοῦσθαι.

Demand for torture: P. ἐξαιτεῖν (acc.).

Offer (a slave) for torture: P. ἐκδιδόναι.