one who bewitches, sorcerer
one who bewitches, sorcerer, as a term of abuse, D. 21.209, Men. Pk. 279, Str. 14.2.7; β. καὶ φθοροποιός St.Byz. s.v. Θίβα.
2 slanderer
slanderer, D. 18.132, Vett.Val. 358.5.
II slanderous, malicious
Adj. βάσκανος, ον, slanderous, malicious, Ar. Eq. 103, Pl. 571; ὁ συκοφάντης πανταχόθεν βάσκανον D. 18.242, cf. Str. 14.1.22; δύσκολος καὶ β. Plu. Fab. 26; β. πρᾶγμα . . ποιοῦντες D. 18.317; β. ἔσσʼ, Ἀΐδα Erinna 6.3; κώμων β. ἐστι λίθος AP 9.756 (Aemil.); μʼ ὁ β. ἥρπασε δαίμων Epigr.Gr. 345; freq. in sepulchral inscriptions, IG 14.1362, etc.: Sup. -ώτατος Com.Adesp. 359. Adv. -νως J. AJ 11.4.9, Porph. VP 53.
2 evil
β. ὀφθαλμός evil eye, Plu. QConv. 2.680c, cf. Alciphr. 1.15.