βασανίζειν
From LSJ
λέγεις, ἃ δὲ λέγεις ἕνεκα τοῦ λαβεῖν λέγεις → you speak, but you say what you say for the sake of gain (Menander, fr. 776)
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also βασανίζω): cross-question, examine, rack, test, examine by rack
Lexicon Thucydideum
accurate examinare, to examine thoroughly, 6.33.2,
PASS. per tormenta interrogari, to be examined under torture, 7.86.4, 8.92.2.
