given to, for torturing
given to or for torturing, Vett.Val. 78.15, AB 306, EM 769.11.
2 for testing
for testing, Them. Or. 21.247c.
The corpus record
βᾰσᾰν-ιστικός
basanistikos
given to, for torturing, for testing
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.