βασκ-ᾰνία, ἡ,
malign influence, witchery, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 95b; β. φαυλότητος ἀμαυροῖ τὸ καλόν LXX.Wis.4.12; βασκανίας φάρμακον τὸ πήγανον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 926b20. ] LXX+5th c.BC+]
__2 malignity, ἀγνωμοσύνη καὶ β. [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.252; ὄχλος καὶ β. [prev. author] 19.24: _plural_, LXX.4Mac.2.15. ] LXX+4th c.BC+]
__3 jealousy, ἤεισεν κρέσσονα βασκανίης [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 23, compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.81, +others ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]