καταβασανίζω
From LSJ
τίς γὰρ ἁδονᾶς ἄτερ θνατῶν βίος ποθεινὸς ἢ ποία τυραννίς; τᾶς ἄτερ οὐδὲ θεῶν ζηλωτὸς αἰών → What human life is desirable without pleasure, or what lordly power? Without it not even the life of the gods is enviable.
English (LSJ)
strengthd. for βασανίζω,
A examine thoroughly, Hp. Prorrh.2.3.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1339] (durch Foltern) ausforschen, Hippocr.