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τρίβω [ῑ],
[[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 251, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: Epic dialect imperfect τρίβεσκον [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.480 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: future τρίψω [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 483, (ἀπο-) 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.232 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist ἔτριψα [[ 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 181 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive τρῖψαι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.333, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect τέτρῐφα [[ 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 9.10, (συν-) 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 62:] Refs 4th c.BC+] —middle, future τρίψομαι (προσ-) [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.2.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐτριψάμην [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Lavacrum Palladis” 25, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 210.26 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, future τριφθήσομαι [[ 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 4.65, etc.; τρῐβήσομαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Dio” 25, (ἐκ-) 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 428, (κατα-) 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.60 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also τετρίψομαι (ἐπι-) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 246 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; future middle in passive sense, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.18, 7.42 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐτρίφθην [[ [prev. author] 2.77, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.6, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 102 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; (δια-) [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.164: more frequently ] Refs 4th c.BC+]aorist 2 ἐτρίβην [ῐ] [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 893b40 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; (δι-) [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.125 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; (ἐκ-) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.120 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; (ἐπ-) frequently in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus, “Th.” 557, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; (κατ-) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 678d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; (συν-) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 71, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect τέτριμμαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 116d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural τετρίφᾰται [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.93 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. [ῐ only in perfect active and passive, and future and aorist 2 passive]:—rub, τριβέμεναι κρῖ, i. e. thresh, thresh it out, because this was done by trampling under the feet of oxen, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.496 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μοχλὸν τρῖψαι ἐν ὀφθαλμῷ work round the stake in his eye, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.333 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; χρυσὸν -όμενον βασάνῳ rubbed on a touchstone, so as to test its purity, [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 450 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; τ. τὸ σκέλος rub the leg, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 60b; τὰς τῆς ψώρας ἰάσεις τῷ τρίβειν [prev. author] “Phlb.” 46a; τὸν ὀφθαλμόν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 957a38; ἀμφορέως τὸν πύνδακα [prev. work] 938a14 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. τὴν κεφαλήν, in sign of perplexity, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.49; ταῖς χερσὶ [τὰς τρίχας] τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 5.5; τὸν πόδα μύροις τ. 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 108 (hexameters)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a masseur, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.151, 187; in blood-letting, [prev. author] 15.784:] Refs 2nd c.AD+] —middle, χρηστηρίοις ἐν τοῖσδε.. τρίβεσθαι μύσος rub one's pollution upon the shrines, pollute them with it, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 195 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, τετριμμένοι τὰ ἐπ᾽ ἀριστερὰ τῶν κεφαλέων [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.93 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὕλη τριφθεῖσα ὑπ᾽ ἀνέμων πρὸς αὑτήν, so as to catch fire, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.77; ὀδόντες τριβόμενοι πρὸς ἀλλήλους 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 661b22. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 bruise, pound, knead, κεδρίδας, [κώνειον], [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 486, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 117b; ἑλλεβόρου ἅμαξαν [prev. author] “Euthd.” 299b; ποίαν “IG” 42(1).122.121 (Epid., 4th c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καταπλαυτόν, [μάζας], [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 717, “Pax” 8, 16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κάρυα καὶ ἀμύγδαλα εἰς θυείαν τ. Chrysipp. Tyan. cited in [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 14.648a, compare 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.62, τὸ μέλαν ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]grind, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.258 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, θυμιήματα τετριμμένα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.86; ἄρτοι σφόδρα τετριμμένοι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 929a17, compare b8; μηδὲν τετριμμένον, ἀλλὰ τεθλας μένων ὁ χυλός Diocl.fragment 138. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 crush, βότρυν [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 571. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II wear out clothes (compare τρίβων (A)), τῶν ὑποδημάτων τὰ τριβόμενα [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.680a; τελαμῶνες μὴ λίαν τετριμμένοι 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.83 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; of a road, wear or tread it smooth, ἀτραπὸς τετριμμένη ἡ διὰ θυείας, with a play on pounding in a mortar, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 123; τὴν τετρ. ὥσπερ ὁδὸν ἐπὶ τὸν μακάριον βίον 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.260 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τρίβει οὐρανόν goes his way through heaven (compare τρίβος), [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 231 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τ. κύματα, of a ship, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 9.34 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus); πόδας τρίβειν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.123. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.2 of Time, wear away, spend, δυστυχῆ τ. βίον [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 602; νησιώτην τ. βίον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 84; γεωργὸν βίον τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 589 (Lyric poetry); ὀδυνηρότερον τρίψεις βίοτον [prev. author] “Pl.” 526 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. πόλεμον prolong a war, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.63.4 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: absolutely, waste time, tarry, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1056, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.173 vulgar form (διατρ. codex S)] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, ἐν τούτοις τρίβεται χρόνος ἐνίοτε μακρός [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.578 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἀμφισβήτησις.. τρειβομένη πολλῶν ἐτῶν prolonged, [[ “OGI” 502.3 (Aezani, 2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.3 waste or ravage a country, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1142. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III of persons, wear out, σκολιῇσι δίκῃσι ἀλλήλους τρίβουσι [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 251 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τρίβεσθαι κακοῖσι to be worn out by ills, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.735; ἄλλην γενεὰν τρίβειν θανάτοις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1573 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τ. ἀμφοτέρους wear them both out, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.56, compare 7.48, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 40:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, τρίψεσθαι αὐτὴν περὶ αὑτήν wear itself out by internal struggles, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.18, compare 7.42 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τριβόμενος λεώς oppressed, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.124; πολέμιοι τριφθησόμενοι ἐν σφίσιν 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] [same place]; τρίβεσθαι μάτην τερὶ (ἐπὶ codices) τὴν δίωξιν [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 41. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III.2 of money and property, waste, squander it, οὔτε τι τῶν οἰκηΐων τρίβουσι οὔτε δαπανῶνται [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.37. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.3 use constantly, κατώμοσα.. μὴ πολὺν χρόνον θεοὺς ἔτι σκῆπτρα τἀμὰ τρίψειν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 636 (Lyric poetry); κοινὰ ὀνόματα καὶ τετριμμένα 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 25; ἡ τετρ. καὶ κοινὴ διάλεκτος [prev. author] “Th.” 23; τετρ. σχηματισμός ] Refs 5th c.BC+]in common use, [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 115.16, compare 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 1.229. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III.4 passive, to be much busied or engrossed with a thing, πολέμῳ [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.134 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀμφ᾽ ἀρετῇ τ. practise oneself in, use oneself to it, [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 465; τρίβεσθαι περὶ τοὺς δυνατούς 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 4.41: especially in ] Refs 6th c.BC+]perfect participle passive τετριμμένος, practised, expert, ἔμπειροι καὶ τ. [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.281 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; οἱ ἐν ποήμασι τ. [prev. author] “Po.” 5.21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. ἀκοή a trained, expert ear, [[[prev. work]24] Refs]; πολεμικὸς καὶ τετρ. δι᾽ ὅπλων [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Eumenes” 11; ἀνὴρ φιλοπόνως ἐπὶ τῶν ἔργων τετρ. 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.585, compare 623. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
