A.one who bewitches, sorcerer, as a term of abuse, D.21.209, Men.Pk.279, Str. 14.2.7; “β. καὶ φθοροποιός” St.Byz. s.v. Θίβα.
2. slanderer, D.18.132, Vett.Val.358.5.
II. Adj. βάσκανος, ον, slanderous, malicious, Ar.Eq.103, Pl.571; “ὁ συκοφάντης πανταχόθεν βάσκανον” D.18.242, cf. Str.14.1.22; “δύσκολος καὶ β.” Plu.Fab.26; “β. πρᾶγμα . . ποιοῦντες” D. 18.317; β. ἔσσ᾽, Ἀΐδα Erinna 6.3; “κώμων β. ἐστι λίθος” AP9.756 (Aemil.); “μ᾽ ὁ β. ἥρπασε δαίμων” Epigr.Gr.345; freq. in sepulchral inscriptions, IG14.1362, etc.: Sup. “-ώτατος” Com.Adesp.359. Adv. “-νως” J.AJ11.4.9, Porph.VP53.