βάσανος
βᾰ/σᾰν-ος,
ἡ,
A). touchstone, on which pure gold leaves a yellow streak,
ἐς βάσανον δ’ ἐλθὼν παρατρίβομαι ὥστε μολύβδῳ χρυσός Thgn. 417 ;
χρυσὸν τριβόμενον βασάνῳ Id. 450 , cf.
1105 ;
παρατρίβεσθαι πρὸς τὰς β. Arist. Col. 793b1 , cf.
HA 597b2 : metaph.,
β. τοῦ ἀρώματος (sc.
τοῦ κινναμώμου)
τὴν αἶγα εἶναι Philostr. VA 3.4 .
II). the use of this as a test, χρυσὸς ἐν β. πρέπει Pi. P. 10.67 : generally,
test, trial of genuineness, οὐκ ἔστιν μείζων β. χρόνου [
Simon.]
175.1 ;
δόμεν τι βασάνῳ ἐς ἔλεγχον Pi. N. 8.20 ;
σοφὸς ὤφθη βασάνῳ θ’ ἁδύπολις S. OT 510 (lyr.), cf.
494 ;
βάσανον λαμβάνειν περί τινος Pl. Lg. 648b ;
εἰς β. εἶ χερῶν wilt come to
a trial of strength,
S. OC 835 ;
πλοῦτος β. ἀνθρώπου τρόπων Antiph. 232.5 ;[
νόσου] ἔσχ’ ἐπὶ σοὶ βάσανον had
experienced it in you, i. e. you had had it first,
IG 14.1320 ;
βάσανον ὑποκείσονται will be subjected to
a test, of candidates,
POxy. 58.25 (iii A. D.).
ShortDef
the touch-stone
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Headword (normalized):
βάσανος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
βασανος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-19537
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">βᾰ/σᾰν-ος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">touchstone,</span> on which pure gold leaves a yellow streak, <span class="quote greek">ἐς βάσανον δ’ ἐλθὼν παρατρίβομαι ὥστε μολύβδῳ χρυσός</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 417 </span> ; <span class="quote greek">χρυσὸν τριβόμενον βασάνῳ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 450 </span> , cf. <span class="bibl"> 1105 </span>; <span class="quote greek">παρατρίβεσθαι πρὸς τὰς β.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg007:793b:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg007:793b.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Col.</span> 793b1 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:597b:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:597b.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 597b2 </a>: metaph., <span class="foreign greek">β. τοῦ ἀρώματος</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">τοῦ κινναμώμου</span>) <span class="quote greek"> τὴν αἶγα εἶναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg001:3:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg001:3.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philostr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">VA</span> 3.4 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the use of this as a test,</span> <span class="quote greek">χρυσὸς ἐν β. πρέπει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:67" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10.67/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 10.67 </a> : generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">test, trial of genuineness,</span> <span class="foreign greek">οὐκ ἔστιν μείζων β. χρόνου</span> [<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Simon.</span></span>]<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0261.tlg001:175:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0261.tlg001:175.1/canonical-url/"> 175.1 </a>; <span class="quote greek">δόμεν τι βασάνῳ ἐς ἔλεγχον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:8:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:8.20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 8.20 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σοφὸς ὤφθη βασάνῳ θ’ ἁδύπολις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:510" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:510/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 510 </a> (lyr.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:494" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:494/canonical-url/"> 494 </a>; <span class="quote greek">βάσανον λαμβάνειν περί τινος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:648b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:648b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 648b </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">εἰς β. εἶ χερῶν</span> wilt come to <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a trial</span> of strength, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:835" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:835/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 835 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πλοῦτος β. ἀνθρώπου τρόπων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:232:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:232.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 232.5 </a> ;[<span class="foreign greek">νόσου] ἔσχ’ ἐπὶ σοὶ βάσανον</span> had <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">experienced</span> it in you, i. e. you had had it first, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 14.1320 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">βάσανον ὑποκείσονται</span> will be subjected to <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a test,</span> of candidates, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 58.25 </span> (iii A. D.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">inquiry by torture,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἐς πᾶσαν β. ἀπικνέεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:110" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.110/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 8.110 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἰς β. αἰτεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:2:88" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:2.88/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herod.</span> 2.88 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐξετάσαι διὰ βασάνων</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 780.12 </span> (Astypalaea, Aug.); esp. at Athens, used to extort evidence from slaves, <span class="quote greek">εἰς β. δέχεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 1.12 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἰς β. παραδοῦναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg008.perseus-grc1:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg008.perseus-grc1:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Is.</span> 8.17 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐκ βασάνων εἰπεῖν</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12/canonical-url/"> 12 </a>: in pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">confession upon torture,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg053.perseus-grc1:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg053.perseus-grc1:24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 53.24 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0030.tlg007:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0030.tlg007:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hyp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 5 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1355b:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1355b.37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1355b37 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">agony</span> of battle, <span class="quote greek">ἡ κατὰ τὸ ἔργον β.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:6:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:6.24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">M.</span> 6.24 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tortures</span> of disease, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.24/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Matt.</span> 4.24 </a>; cf. <span class="quote greek">ἐπάγρυπνος β.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1764.tlg001:211:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1764.tlg001:211.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Vett.Val.</span> 211.28 </a> ; also <span class="quote greek">ψυχικαί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1764.tlg001:182:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1764.tlg001:182.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 182.19 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">torments</span> of hell,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg003.perseus-grc1:16:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg003.perseus-grc1:16.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Luc.</span> 16.23 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">trespass-offering,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg011:6:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg011:6.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">1 Ki.</span> 6.17 </a>.—Oriental word.</div> </div><br><br>'}