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