β137Βασανίζειν
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It does not mean abusing or punishing or whipping in the Attic [authors], but interrogating without blows and investigating the truth through words; from the goldsmith's touchstone [ba/sanos], used metaphorically. And…
Βασανίζειν· οὐ τὸ αἰκίζεσθαι καὶ τιμωρεῖσθαι καὶ μαστιγοῦν σημαίνει παρὰ τοῖς Ἀττικοῖς, ἀλλὰ τὸ χωρὶς πληγῶν ἀνακρίνειν καὶ ἐλέγχειν τἀληθὲς διὰ λόγων· ἀπὸ τῆς βασάνου τῆς…