βᾰσᾰν-ιστής · basan-istēs — LSJ
examiner, questioner, torturer
The corpus record
βᾰσᾰν-ιστής
basanistes · ὁ
examiner, questioner, torturer
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Distribution
- Trapeziticus 3 · 9.01/10k
- Against Pantaenetus 2 · 5.37/10k
- Matthew 1 · 0.56/10k
Senses
Attestations
- βασανισταῖς · basanistais New Testament, Matthew 18.34 (DIORISIS sentence 762)
- βασανιστὰς · basanistas Isocrates, Trapeziticus 15 (DIORISIS sentence 42)
- βασανισταὶ · basanistai Isocrates, Trapeziticus 16 (DIORISIS sentence 45)
- βασανιστὰς · basanistas Isocrates, Trapeziticus 17 (DIORISIS sentence 48)
- βασανιστὴν · basanistēn Demosthenes, Against Pantaenetus 40 (DIORISIS sentence 149)
- βασανιστήν · basanistēn Demosthenes, Against Pantaenetus 41 (DIORISIS sentence 152)
Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
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