Greek word
básanos
βάσανος
What it means
a touch-stone, i.e. torture
a touch-stone, i.e. (by analogy) torture
Where it comes from
perhaps remotely from the same as básis (βάσις) (through the notion of going to the bottom)
Greek word
βάσανος
a touch-stone, i.e. torture
a touch-stone, i.e. (by analogy) torture
perhaps remotely from the same as básis (βάσις) (through the notion of going to the bottom)