βασκανία
From LSJ
ὥστε ὁ βίος, ὢν καὶ νῦν χαλεπός, εἰς τὸν χρόνον ἐκεῖνον ἀβίωτος γίγνοιτ' ἂν τὸ παράπαν → and so life, which is hard enough now, would then become absolutely unendurable
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A malign influence, witchery, Pl.Phd.95b; β. φαυλότητος ἀμαυροῖ τὸ καλόν LXX Wi.4.12; βασκανίας φάρμακον τὸ πήγανον Arist.Pr.926b20. 2 malignity, ἀγνωμοσύνη καὶ β. D.18.252; ὄχλος καὶ β. Id.19.24: pl., LXX4 Ma.2.15. 3 jealousy, ἤεισεν κρέσσονα βασκανίης Call.Epigr.23, cf. Ph.2.81, al.
German (Pape)
[Seite 438] 1) Verläumdung, Dem. 18, 252 u. Sp., z. B. βασκανίης κρέσσονα ᾔεισεν Callim. 62 (VII, 525). – 2) Beherung, Beschreien, Plat. Phaed. 95 b; Arist. Probl. 34, 20; übh. Neid, Pol. 4, 87; Rufin. 34 (v. 22).
