βάσανος
basanos
touchstone
Appears 19 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
βάσανος, ἡ, A. touchstone, on which pure gold leaves a yellow streak, ἐς βάσανον δʼ ἐλθὼν παρατρίβομαι ὥστε μολύβδῳ χρυσός 417; χρυσὸν τριβόμενον βασάνῳ 450, cf. 1105; παρατρίβεσθαι πρὸς τὰς β. Col. 793b1, cf. HA 597b2: metaph., β. τοῦ ἀρώματος (sc. τοῦ κινναμώμου) τὴν αἶγα εἶναι VA 3.4. II. the use of this as a test, χρυσὸς ἐν β. πρέπει P. 10.67: generally, test, trial of genuineness, οὐκ ἔστιν μείζων β. χρόνου []175.1; δόμεν τι βασάνῳ ἐς ἔλεγχον N. 8.20; σοφὸς ὤφθη βασάνῳ θʼ ἁδύπολις OT 510 (lyr.), cf. 494; βάσανον λαμβάνειν περί τινος Lg. 648b; εἰς β. εἶ χερῶν wilt come to a trial of strength, OC 835; πλοῦτος β. ἀνθρώπου τρόπων 232.5; [νόσου] ἔσχʼ 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.). III. inquiry by torture, ἐς πᾶσαν β. ἀπικνέεσθαι 8.110; εἰς β. αἰτεῖν 2.88; ἐξετάσαι διὰ βασάνων SIG 780.12 (Astypalaea, Aug.); esp. at Athens, used to extort evidence from slaves, εἰς β. δέχεσθαι 1.12; εἰς β. παραδοῦναι 8.17; ἐκ βασάνων εἰπεῖν ib.12: in pl., confession upon torture, 53.24, Fr. 5, Rh. 1355b37. 2. agony of battle, ἡ κατὰ τὸ ἔργον β. M. 6.24; tortures of disease, Ev.Matt. 4.24; cf. ἐπάγρυπνος β. 211.28; also ψυχικαί 182.19; torments of hell,Ev.Luc. 16.23. 3. trespass-offering, 1 Ki. 6.17.—Oriental word.
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