τρίβος [ῐ], ἡ,
but ὁ in [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1251, 1258, “El.” 103, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aratus” 22 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: (τρίβω):— worn or beaten track, ἐν τρίβῳ μάλιστα οἰκημένοι in the path (of the war), [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.140. β᾽ (so ἐν τ. τοῦ πολέμου κείμενος 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.34, 11.54); τ. ἁμαξήρης 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1251; λεπτὴν τ. ἐξανύσαντες 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.156 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τ. τῆς ἀτραποῦ the track of the path, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.49 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; διασχισθέντες [τῆς ὁδοῦ] τρίβῳ τινί by following a track, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.13. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, path, [[ hymnus ad Mercurium 448; ποίην τις βιότοιο τάμοι τρίβο; “Anthologia Graeca” 9.359 (3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus); βιότου τ. ὁδεύειν “Anacreontea” 38.2; ποίην τις πρὸς ἔρωτας ἴοι τρίβο; “Anthologia Graeca” 5.301.1 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus); τῆς αἰτίας ἴχνος καὶ τ. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]track, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.68o f: _plural_, τρίβοι ἐρώτων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 1042 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II rubbing, attrition, [[ [prev. author] “Ag.” 391 (Lyric poetry)] Refs]; τ. κρηπῖδος the rubbing of a shoe, [[ 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 2.12. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 socket, friction-joint, ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ βραχίονος.. τρίβον ἑωυτῇ πεποιημένη [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 7, compare 55; τὸ ἔθος τρίβον ποιεῖ [prev. author] “Mochl.” 41 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; area of friction or pressure of a bandage, [[ [prev. author] “Off.” 8. ] Refs]