βασανιστής

οῦ, ὁ
A. examiner, questioner, torturer, Antipho 5.32, D. 37.40, Plu. 2.498d; gaoler, Ev. Matt. 18.34.
II. one who tests, Them. Or. 21.247c:—fem. βασαν‐ίστρια, examiner, ἐπῶν Ar. Ra. 826.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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