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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">touchstone, inquiry (by torture), agony</b> (Pi.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">βασανίτης λίθος</b> (H., cf. Redard Noms grecs en -της 53). Denom. <b class="b3">βασανίζω</b> <b class="b2">put to the test, inquire (by torture)</b> (Ion.-Att.).<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Egypt. (Lyd.)<br />Etymology: From Egypt. <b class="b2">baḫan</b>, a stone, used by the Egyptians as touchstone of gold. It came to Greece through Lydia (<b class="b3">Λυδία λίθος</b> B. 22); the <b class="b3">σ</b> for <b class="b2">ḫ</b> is unclear. Sethe BerlSb. 1933, 894ff.; Kretschmer Glotta 24, 90. - In Plin. 36, 58 [[basaniten]] became [[basalten]] by mistake, from where [[basalt]] originated, s. Niedermann Mus. Helv. 2, 127f. | |etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">touchstone, inquiry (by torture), agony</b> (Pi.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">βασανίτης λίθος</b> (H., cf. Redard Noms grecs en -της 53). Denom. <b class="b3">βασανίζω</b> <b class="b2">put to the test, inquire (by torture)</b> (Ion.-Att.).<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Egypt. (Lyd.)<br />Etymology: From Egypt. <b class="b2">baḫan</b>, a stone, used by the Egyptians as touchstone of gold. It came to Greece through Lydia (<b class="b3">Λυδία λίθος</b> B. 22); the <b class="b3">σ</b> for <b class="b2">ḫ</b> is unclear. Sethe BerlSb. 1933, 894ff.; Kretschmer Glotta 24, 90. - In Plin. 36, 58 [[basaniten]] became [[basalten]] by mistake, from where [[basalt]] originated, s. Niedermann Mus. Helv. 2, 127f. | ||
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|mdlsjtxt=[deriv. uncertain]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> the [[touch]]-[[stone]], Lat. [[lapis]] [[Lydius]], a [[dark]]-coloured [[stone]] on [[which]] [[pure]] [[gold]], [[when]] rubbed, leaves a [[peculiar]] [[mark]], Theogn.: [[hence]].<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[generally]], a [[test]], [[trial]] [[whether]] a [[thing]] be [[genuine]] or [[real]], Hdt., Soph.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> [[inquiry]] by [[torture]], the "[[question]], " [[torture]], used to [[extort]] [[evidence]] from slaves, Oratt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[torture]] of [[disease]], NTest. | |||
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