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βασανιστέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βασανιστέος βασανιστέα βασανιστέον

Structure: βασανιστε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: basani/zw의 분사형

Sense

  1. to be put to the proof
  2. one must put to the torture

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative βασανιστέος βασανιστέᾱ βασανιστέον
Genitive βασανιστέου βασανιστέᾱς βασανιστέου
Dative βασανιστέῳ βασανιστέᾱͅ βασανιστέῳ
Accusative βασανιστέον βασανιστέᾱν βασανιστέον
Vocative βασανιστέε βασανιστέᾱ βασανιστέον
DualN/A/V βασανιστέω βασανιστέᾱ βασανιστέω
G/D βασανιστέοιν βασανιστέαιν βασανιστέοιν
PluralNominative βασανιστέοι βασανιστέαι βασανιστέα
Genitive βασανιστέων βασανιστεῶν βασανιστέων
Dative βασανιστέοις βασανιστέαις βασανιστέοις
Accusative βασανιστέους βασανιστέᾱς βασανιστέα
Vocative βασανιστέοι βασανιστέαι βασανιστέα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective βασανιστέος βασανιστέου βασανιστεώτερος βασανιστεωτέρου βασανιστεώτατος βασανιστεωτάτου
Adverb βασανιστέως βασανιστεώτερον βασανιστεώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ου’ γὰρ ἔτ’ ἀνεκτὰ τάδε γ’, ἀλλὰ βασανιστέον τόδε σοι τὸ πάθοσ μετ’ ἐμοῦ ὅ τι βουλόμεναί ποτε τὴν Κραναὰν κατέλαβον, ἐφ’ ὅ τι τε μεγαλόπετρον ἄβατον ἀκρόπολιν ἱερὸν τέμενοσ. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Agon, strophe 12)
  • περὶ τοίνυν τῆσ ἐκδόσεωσ καὶ τῶν κλινοποιῶν καὶ τοῦ σιδήρου καὶ τοῦ καταλειφθέντοσ ἡμῖν ἐλέφαντοσ καὶ τῆσ προικὸσ τῆσ ἀδελφῆσ, ἣν οὗτοσ καθυφεῖκεν ὑπὲρ τοῦ καὶ αὐτὸσ ἔχειν ὅσα βούλοιτο τῶν ἐμῶν, ἀκούσατε, καὶ σκοπεῖθ’ ὡσ δικαίωσ τ’ ὤφληκεν καὶ οὐδὲν ἦν Μιλύαν περὶ τούτων βασανιστέον. (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 48:1)
  • βασανιστέοι εἰ ἐμμενοῦσιν ἑλκόμενοι πανταχόσε ἤ τι καὶ παρακινήσουσι. (Plato, Republic, book 7 515:1)

Synonyms

  1. to be put to the proof

  2. one must put to the torture

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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