βασανίζω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
βασανίζω
Structure:
βασανίζ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to rub, upon the touch-stone, to try the genuineness of, to put to the test, make proof of
- to examine closely, cross-question
- to question by applying torture, to torture, to be put to the torture, to be tormented
Conjugation
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.
- ὁ δὲ μεγαλόφρων καὶ εὐγενὴσ ὡσ ἀληθῶσ Ἐλεάζαροσ, ὥσπερ ἐν ὀνείρῳ βασανιζόμενοσ κατ’ οὐδένα τρόπον μετετρέπετο, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 6:5)
- ὁ δὲ βασανιζόμενοσ, ὦ ἱεροπρεποῦσ ἀγῶνοσ, ἔλεγεν, ἐφ’ ὃν διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν εἰσ γυμνασίαν πόνων ἀδελφοὶ τοσοῦτοι κληθέντεσ οὐκ ἐνικήθημεν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 11:20)
- καὶ συμβαλὼν Δημοσθένει καὶ περὶ τῆσ διαφορᾶσ ἀπολογησάμενοσ, ἀπαλλαγεὶσ ἐκεῖθεν, ὑπ’ Ἀρχίου τοῦ Φυγαδοθήρου ἐπικληθέντοσ, Θουρίου μὲν τὸ γένοσ ὑποκριτοῦ δὲ τὰ πρῶτα τότε, δὲ τῷ Ἀντιπάτρῳ βοηθοῦντοσ, ἐλήφθη πρὸσ βίαν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τοῦ Ποσειδῶνοσ ἐχόμενοσ τοῦ ἀγάλματοσ καὶ ἀχθεὶσ πρὸσ Ἀντίπατρον εἰσ Κόρινθον, ἔπειτα βασανιζόμενοσ, διέφαγε τὴν γλῶτταν, ὥστε μηδὲν ἐξειπεῖν τῶν τῆσ πόλεωσ ἀπορρήτων δυνηθῆναι· (Plutarch, Vitae decem oratorum, , section 1 11:1)
- καίτοι καλὸν ἦν αὐτῷ, εἰ τῶν ἄλλων λημμάτων τοῦ ἀργυρίου μάρτυρασ μὴ εἶχεν παρασχέσθαι, τοῦτό γε ἐξελέγξαι ἐκ τοῦ Αἰσχρίωνοσ, ὡσ οὐκ ἐλήφθησαν αἱ φιάλαι οὐδ’ ἡ μνᾶ τοῦ ἀργυρίου, οὐδὲ ἐπέμφθη ὁ Αἰσχρίων ὑπὸ τούτου ὡσ τὸν πατέρα τὸν ἐμόν, καὶ τεκμηρίῳ τούτῳ καταχρήσασθαι πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ ὅτι ἐγὼ καὶ τἄλλα ψεύδομαι περὶ ὧν ἐγκαλῶ αὐτῷ, ὅπου γε ὅν φημι λαβεῖν οἰκέτην ὄντα τούτου τὰσ φιάλασ καὶ τὴν μνᾶν τοῦ ἀργυρίου, οὗτοσ βασανιζόμενοσ οὐ φαίνεται λαβών. (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 69:1)
- ἐν ἑνὶ γὰρ δὴ τῷδε τῷ ἔργῳ βασανιζόμενοσ, ἔνθα κίνδυνοσ ἦν ἀληθινόσ, ἐξητάσθησ οἱο͂σ ἦσθα, ὡσ ἀλαζὼν καὶ δόξῃ τὸ ἀνδρεῖον ἐπιτηδεύων, οὐκ ἀληθείᾳ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 10, chapter 45 4:1)
Synonyms
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to examine closely
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to question by applying torture