βᾰσᾰν-ιστής, οῦ, ὁ,
examiner, questioner, torturer, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.32, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.40, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.498d] Refs 5th c.BC+]; gaoler, NT.Matt.18.34.
__II one who tests, [[ 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 21.247c ] Refs 4th c.AD+]:—feminine βᾰσᾰν-ίστρια, examiner, ἐπῶν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 826. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]