"βάσανος" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /bá.sa.nos/, /ˈβa.sa.nos/, /ˈva.sa.nos/, /bá.sa.nos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈba.sa.nos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈβa.sa.nos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈva.sa.nos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈva.sa.nos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”), b-x:n-O39 via Lydia, which was used by the Egyptians as a touchstone of gold. Etymology templates: {{der|grc|egy|bḫn|t=a hard stone}} Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|βασάνου|f|second|head=βάσᾰνος}} βάσᾰνος • (básanos) f (genitive βασάνου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|βάσᾰνος|ου|form=F-full}} Forms: βάσᾰνος [canonical], básanos [romanization], βασάνου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ἡ βάσᾰνος [nominative, singular], τὼ βασᾰ́νω [dual, nominative], αἱ βάσᾰνοι [nominative, plural], τῆς βασᾰ́νου [genitive, singular], τοῖν βασᾰ́νοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν βασᾰ́νων [genitive, plural], τῇ βασᾰ́νῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν βασᾰ́νοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς βασᾰ́νοις [dative, plural], τὴν βάσᾰνον [accusative, singular], τὼ βασᾰ́νω [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς βασᾰ́νους [accusative, plural], βάσᾰνε [singular, vocative], βασᾰ́νω [dual, vocative], βάσᾰνοι [plural, vocative]
  1. gold touchstone (stone which is rubbed on gold to ascertain its authenticity by leaving a yellow streak)
    Sense id: en-βάσανος-grc-noun-zIkrjIWj Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 46 46 8 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension: 47 30 23
  2. (figuratively)
    test, trial (whether a thing is genuine or real)
    Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-βάσανος-grc-noun-e81tSKu9 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 46 46 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 41 51 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 54 5
  3. (figuratively)
    inquiry by torture
    Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-βάσανος-grc-noun-Y7vS8fi5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: βασανίτης (basanítēs)
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "βασανίζω (vasanízo, “to torture”)"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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      "text": "βασανισμός (vasanismós, “torture (torturing), torment (tormenting)”)"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "βασανιστής n (vasanistís, “torturer, tormentor”)"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "βασανίστρια f (vasanístria, “torturer (female), tormentor (female)”)"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "βασανιστικός (vasanistikós, “brutal, agonising”)"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
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    }
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      "name": "der"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "τῶν βασᾰ́νων",
      "roman": "tôn basánōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ βασᾰ́νῳ",
      "roman": "têi basánōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τοῖν βασᾰ́νοιν",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "βάσᾰνε",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
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        "gold touchstone (stone which is rubbed on gold to ascertain its authenticity by leaving a yellow streak)"
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          "trial"
        ]
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        "(figuratively)",
        "test, trial (whether a thing is genuine or real)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
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        "inquiry by torture"
      ],
      "id": "en-βάσανος-grc-noun-Y7vS8fi5",
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          "inquiry",
          "inquiry"
        ],
        [
          "by",
          "by"
        ],
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          "torture",
          "torture"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively)",
        "inquiry by torture"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/bá.sa.nos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈβa.sa.nos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈva.sa.nos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bá.sa.nos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈba.sa.nos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈβa.sa.nos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈva.sa.nos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈva.sa.nos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "βάσανος"
}
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      "depth": 2,
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      "text": "βασανίζω (vasanízo, “to torture”)"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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      "text": "βασανισμός (vasanismós, “torture (torturing), torment (tormenting)”)"
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      "depth": 2,
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      "text": "βασανιστής n (vasanistís, “torturer, tormentor”)"
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      "depth": 2,
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      "text": "βασανιστικός (vasanistikós, “brutal, agonising”)"
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
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      "form": "ἡ βάσᾰνος",
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      "form": "αἱ βάσᾰνοι",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "τῶν βασᾰ́νων",
      "roman": "tôn basánōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "form": "τῇ βασᾰ́νῳ",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "τοῖν βασᾰ́νοιν",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "ταῖς βασᾰ́νοις",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "τὴν βάσᾰνον",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "τὼ βασᾰ́νω",
      "roman": "tṑ basánō",
      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "βάσᾰνε",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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      "source": "declension",
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "gold touchstone (stone which is rubbed on gold to ascertain its authenticity by leaving a yellow streak)"
      ],
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        "test, trial (whether a thing is genuine or real)"
      ],
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        "figuratively"
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          "by",
          "by"
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          "torture",
          "torture"
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        "(figuratively)",
        "inquiry by torture"
      ],
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        "figuratively"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bá.sa.nos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈβa.sa.nos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈva.sa.nos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bá.sa.nos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈba.sa.nos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈβa.sa.nos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈva.sa.nos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈva.sa.nos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "βάσανος"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ancient Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-11-21 using wiktextract (95d2be1 and 64224ec). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.