βασανίστρια
From LSJ
τί ἦ μοι ταῦτα περὶ δρῦν ἢ περὶ πέτρην → but what is this to me, about an oak or a rock | but what are these things about a tree or a rock to me | why all this about trees and rocks | why all this about what we have nothing to do with | but why am I off on this tangent
German (Pape)
[Seite 436] ἡ, die Untersucherin, Prüferin, ἐπῶν γλῶσσα Ar. Ran. 825.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
qui éprouve, qui vérifie.
Étymologie: βασανιστής.
