προβᾰσᾰνίζω,
examine or test before, [[ 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Automatopoetica” 2.5 (_passive_). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__2 torture before, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tyr.” 17 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, [[ LXX.4Mac.10.16, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 17.5.5; τοῦ θανάτου [prev. author] “BJ” 5.11.1. ] LXX+1st c.AD+]