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|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[touchstone]], on which [[pure]] [[gold]] leaves a [[yellow]] [[streak]], ἐς βάσανον δ' ἐλθὼν παρατρίβομαι ὥστε μολύβδῳ χρυσός Thgn.417; χρυσὸν τριβόμενον βασάνῳ Id.450, cf. 1105; παρατρίβεσθαι πρὸς τὰς β. Arist.''Col.''793b1, cf. ''HA'' 597b2: metaph., <b class="b3">βάσανος τοῦ ἀρώματος</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τοῦ κινναμώμου</b>) τὴν αἶγα εἶναι Philostr.''VA''3.4.<br><span class="bld">II</span> the [[use of a touchstone as a test]], χρυσὸς ἐν β. πρέπει Pi.''P.''10.67: generally, [[test]], [[trial of genuineness]], <b class="b3">οὐκ ἔστιν μείζων βάσανος χρόνου</b> [Simon.]175.1; δόμεν τι βασάνῳ ἐς ἔλεγχον Pi.''N.''8.20; σοφὸς ὤφθη βασάνῳ θ' [[ἁδύπολις]] S.''OT''510 (lyr.), cf. 494; βάσανον λαμβάνειν περί τινος Pl.''Lg.''648b; <b class="b3">εἰς βάσανον εἶ χερῶν</b> wilt come to a [[trial]] of [[strength]], S. ''OC''835; πλοῦτος β. ἀνθρώπου τρόπων Antiph.232.5; <b class="b3">[νόσου] ἔσχ' ἐπὶ σοὶ βάσανον</b> had [[experienced]] it in you, i.e. you had had it first, ''IG''14.1320; <b class="b3">βάσανον ὑποκείσονται</b> will [[be subjected to]] a [[test]], of [[candidate]]s, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''58.25 (iii A. D.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[inquiry by torture]], ἐς πᾶσαν β. ἀπικνέεσθαι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.110; εἰς βάσανον [[αἰτεῖν]] Herod.2.88; ἐξετάσαι διὰ βασάνων ''SIG''780.12 (Astypalaea, Aug.); esp. at Athens, used to [[extort]] [[evidence]] from [[slave]]s, εἰς βάσανον δέχεσθαι Antipho1.12; εἰς βάσανον παραδοῦναι Is.8.17; <b class="b3">ἐκ βασάνων εἰπεῖν</b> ib.12: in plural, [[confession]] upon [[torture]], D. 53.24, Hyp.''Fr.''5, Arist.''Rh.''1355b37.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[agony]] of [[battle]], ἡ κατὰ τὸ ἔργον β. S.E.''M.''6.24; [[torture]]s of [[disease]], ''Ev.Matt.''4.24; cf. [[ἐπάγρυπνος]] β. Vett.Val.211.28; also [[ψυχικαί]] Id.182.19; [[torment]]s of [[hell]], ''Ev.Luc.''16.23.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[trespass-offering]], [[LXX]] ''1 Ki.''6.17.—Oriental word.