βάσανο
Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek βάσανον (básanon), from Ancient Greek βάσανος (básanos, “examination, inquiry, investigation”); modern sense developed from the association of investigations and inquisitions of prisoners with physical tortures.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvasano/
- Hyphenation: βά‧σα‧νο
Noun 1
βάσανο • (vásano) n (plural βάσανα)
- torture, torment, anguish, suffering (extreme mental or emotional pain)
- Το μεγαλύτερο βάσανό του ήταν ο θάνατος της κόρης του. ― To megalýtero vásanó tou ítan o thánatos tis kóris tou. ― His biggest torment was the death of his daughter.
- 1965, Kostas Varnalis/Mikis Theodorakis, Οι Μοιραίοι:
- Ω! πόσο βάσανο μεγάλο,
το βάσανο είναι της ζωής!- Oh! What a great torture,
The torture is life!
- Oh! What a great torture,
- Ω! πόσο βάσανο μεγάλο,
- (colloquial, slang, humorous) ball and chain, trouble and strife, lord and master (one's own partner or spouse)
- Θα βγω απόψε με το βάσανό μου. ― Tha vgo apópse me to vásanó mou. ― I'll go out tonight with the old ball and chain.
Usage notes
This noun is only for figurative senses of torture. Literal physical torture, for example as a lawful process, is usually denoted by βασανιστήριο (vasanistírio).
Declension
Related terms
- βασανίζω (vasanízo, “to torture”)
- βασανιστής n (vasanistís, “torturer, tormentor”)
- βασανίστρια f (vasanístria, “tormentor”)
- βασανιστικός (vasanistikós, “brutal, agonising”)
- βασανιστήριο n (vasanistírio, “torture”)
- βάσανος f (vásanos, “examination, investigation”)
Synonyms
- (torment, suffering): ταλαιπωρία f (talaiporía), αγωνία f (agonía)
- (ball and chain, partner, spouse): αγαπητικός m (agapitikós), αγαπητικιά f (agapitikiá), ερωμένος m (eroménos), ερωμένη f (eroméni)
Noun 2
βάσανο • (vásano) f
- Accusative singular form of βάσανος (vásanos).
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