torture

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

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.

substantive

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.