{"def":{"short":"a torturer","long":["one who elicits the truth by the use of the rack",["an inquisitor, torturer also used of a jailer doubtless because the business of torturing was also assigned to him"]]},"deriv":"from G0928","pronun":{"ipa":"βɑ.sɑ.niˈstes","ipa_mod":"vɑ.sɑ.niˈste̞s","sbl":"basanistēs","dic":"va-sa-nee-STASE","dic_mod":"va-sa-nee-STASE"},"see":["G0928"]}