βασανίζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. fut. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> -ῐῶ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span> 802</span>, <span class="bibl">1121</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ec.</span>748</span>: aor. <b class="b3">ἐβασάνισα</b>, subj. <b class="b3">βασανίσω</b> v.l. in <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ra.</span>618</span> cod. R:—Pass., aor. <b class="b3">ἐβασανίσθην</b>: pf. <b class="b3">βεβασάνισμαι</b>:—<b class="b2">rub upon the touch-stone</b> (βάσανος), χρυσόν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>486d</span>: hence, <b class="b2">put to the test, prove</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>747a3</span> (Pass.), etc.; <b class="b2">investigate scientifically</b>, Hp.<b class="b2">Aër</b>.3; of the instances used in inductive inference, <b class="b3">ἀπὸ τῶν πανταχόθεν βεβασανισμένων [μεταβαίνομεν</b>] <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Sign.</span>29</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of persons, <b class="b2">examine closely, cross-question</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.116</span>, <span class="bibl">2.151</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>110</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ra.</span>802</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">βεβασανισμένος εἰς δικαιοσύνην</b> <b class="b2">having</b> his love of justice <b class="b2">put to the test</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>361c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">413e</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Smp.</span>184a</span>; <b class="b3">ὑπὸ δακρύων βασανίζεσθαι</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">to be convicted</b> of being painted by tears (washing off the cosmetic), <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>10.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">question by applying torture, torture, rack</b> (v. <b class="b3">βάσανος</b>III), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>616</span>,<span class="bibl">618</span>; [δούλους] πάντας παραδίδωμι βασανίσαι <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.4.8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.36</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be put to the torture</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.7.86</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.4.14</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.Al.</span>1443b31</span>; αἰωνίοις ἀμοιβαῖς βασανισθησόμενοι πρὸς τῶν θεῶν Phld.<span class="title">D.</span>1.19; <b class="b2">to be tortured</b> by disease (censured by <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Sol.</span>6</span>), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>8.6</span>; <b class="b3">ὑπὸ τῶν κυμάτων</b> ib.<span class="bibl">14.24</span>; of animals, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span> 1.38</span>: metaph. of the earth, ib.<span class="bibl">6.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph. of style, <b class="b2">strain</b>, Longin.10.6; βεβασανισμένος <b class="b2">forced, unnatural</b>, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Th.</span>55</span>.</span>