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  "headword": "βασανίζω",
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        "quote": "-ῐῶ",
        "ref": "Ar. Ra. 802",
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          "definition": "<i>rub upon the touch-stone</i> ( βάσανος) , χρυσόν Pl. Grg. 486d: hence, <i>put to the test, prove,</i> Arist. GA 747a3 ( Pass.), etc.; <i>investigate scientifically,</i> Hp. Aër. 3; of the instances used in inductive inference, ἀπὸ τῶν πανταχόθεν βεβασανισμένων [μεταβαίνομεν] Phld. Sign. 29.",
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                "quote": "χρυσόν",
                "ref": "Pl. Grg. 486d",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>examine closely, cross-question,</i> Hdt. 1.116, 2.151, Ar. Ach. 110, Ra. 802, etc.; βεβασανισμένος εἰς δικαιοσύνην <i>having</i> his love of justice <i>put to the test,</i> Pl. R. 361c, cf. 413e, Smp. 184a; ὑπὸ δακρύων βασανίζεσθαι, i.e. <i>to be convicted</i> of being painted by tears (washing off the cosmetic), X. Oec. 10.8.",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>question by applying torture, torture, rack</i> (v. βάσανοςIII), Ar. Ra. 616, 618; [ δούλους] πάντας παραδίδωμι βασανίσαι Antipho 2.4.8, cf. 5.36:— Pass., <i>to be put to the torture,</i> Th. 7.86, Lys. 4.14, Arist. Rh.Al. 1443b31; αἰωνίοις ἀμοιβαῖς βασανισθησόμενοι πρὸς τῶν θεῶν Phld. D. 1.19; <i>to be tortured</i> by disease (censured by Luc. Sol. 6), Ev.Matt. 8.6; ὑπὸ τῶν κυμάτων ib. 14.24; of animals, Philostr. VA 1.38: metaph. of the earth, ib. 6.10.",
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                        "quote": "δούλους] πάντας παραδίδωμι βασανίσαι",
                        "ref": "Antipho 2.4.8",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "αἰωνίοις ἀμοιβαῖς βασανισθησόμενοι πρὸς τῶν θεῶν",
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                        "urn": ""
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                },
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>strain,</i> Longin. 10.6; βεβασανισμένος <i>forced, unnatural,</i> D.H. Th. 55.",
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                        "quote": "βεβασανισμένος",
                        "ref": "D.H. Th. 55",
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