τρῐβ-ή,ἡ,
A. rubbing:—mostly metaph.:
I. rubbing down, wearing away, wasting,
τριβᾷ βίου
A. Ag. 465
(lyr.); κτεάνων τριβάς
Id. Ch. 943
(lyr., sed leg.τριβᾶς);wear and tearof fixtures in a house, BGU 1116.26
(i B. C.).
II. practice,opp. theory, Hp. Praec. 1 , X. An. 5.6.15 ;study,
τ. καὶ ἱστορία τῶν πόλεως πραγμάτων
Metrod. Fr. 27
, cf. Phld. Rh. 1.121
S.,Po. 5.20 , al.; also,mere practice, routine,opp. true art, οὐκ ἔστι τέχνη, ἀλλ' ἄτεχνος τ.
Pl. Phdr. 260e
;τριβῇ καὶ ἐμπειρίᾳ,opp.τέχνῃ,ib. 270b , cf. Grg. 463b , Gal. 6.143 ;τριβῇ ζητεῖν,opp.μεθόδῳ,