βάσκανος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[one who bewitches]], [[sorcerer]], as a term of abuse, <span class="bibl">D.21.209</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Pk.</span>279</span>, <span class="bibl">Str. 14.2.7</span>; β. καὶ φθοροποιός St.Byz. s.v. [[Θίβα]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[slanderer]], <span class="bibl">D.18.132</span>, <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.358.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Adj. <b class="b3">βάσκανος, ον,</b> [[slanderous]], [[malicious]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>103</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pl.</span>571</span>; ὁ συκοφάντης πανταχόθεν βάσκανον <span class="bibl">D.18.242</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Str.14.1.22</span>; δύσκολος καὶ β. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Fab.</span>26</span>; β. πρᾶγμα… ποιοῦντες <span class="bibl">D. 18.317</span>; <b class="b3">β. ἔσσ', Ἀΐδα</b> Erinna <span class="bibl">6.3</span>; κώμων β. ἐστι λίθος <span class="title">AP</span>9.756 (Aemil.); μ' ὁ β. ἥρπασε δαίμων <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>345; freq. in sepulchral inscriptions, <span class="title">IG</span>14.1362, etc.: Sup. -ώτατος <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>359. Adv. -νως <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>11.4.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">VP</span>53</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">β. ὀφθαλμός</b> [[evil]] eye, Plu.2.680c, cf. <span class="bibl">Alciphr.1.15</span>.</span>