ἀβασανίστως

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀβασάνιστος (abasánistos, “not tortured; unexamined”) (itself from ἀ- (a-) +‎ βασανίζω (basanízō, “to examine; to torture”) +‎ -τος (-tos)) + -ως (-ōs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ba.sa.nís.tɔːs/ → /a.βa.saˈnis.tos/ → /a.va.saˈnis.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ba.sa.nís.tɔːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ba.saˈnis.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.βa.saˈnis.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.va.saˈnis.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.va.saˈnis.tos/

Adverb

ἀβᾰσᾰνίστως • (abasanístōs)

1. without pain
2. without due examination
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.20

Further reading

• ἀβασανίστως in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀβασανίστως in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀβασανίστως”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • unquestioningly idem, page 928.