βᾰσᾰν-ίζω,
Attic dialect future -ῐῶ[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 802, 1121, “Ec.” 748: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἐβασάνισα, subjunctive βασανίσω variant in [[ [prev. author] “Ra.” 618 codex R:] Refs] —passive, aorist ἐβασανίσθην: perfect βεβασάνισμαι:—rub upon the touch-stone (βάσανος), χρυσόν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 486d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, put to the test, prove, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 747a3 (_passive_), etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; investigate scientifically, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 3;] Refs 5th c.BC+] of the instances used in inductive inference, ἀπὸ τῶν πανταχόθεν βεβασανισμένων [μεταβαίνομεν] [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 29. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II of persons, examine closely, cross-question, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.116, 2.151, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 110, “Ra.” 802, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; βεβασανισμένος εἰς δικαιοσύνην having his love of justice put to the test, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 361c, compare 413e, “Smp.” 184a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπὸ δακρύων βασανίζεσθαι, i.e. to be convicted of being painted by tears (washing off the cosmetic), [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 10.8. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 question by applying torture, torture, rack (see. βάσανοςIII), [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 616, 618; [δούλους] πάντας παραδίδωμι βασανίσαι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.8, compare 5.36 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be put to the torture, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.86, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 4.14, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica ad Alexandrum” 1443b31; αἰωνίοις ἀμοιβαῖς βασανισθησόμενοι πρὸς τῶν θεῶν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 1.19 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be tortured by disease (censured by [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sol.” 6), NT.Matt.8.6; ὑπὸ τῶν κυμάτων [prev. work] 14.24 ] NT+2nd c.AD+]; of animals, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 1.38 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: metaphorically of the earth,[[[prev. work] 6.10. ] Refs]