τρύχω
τρύχω, to wear out, waste, consume
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τρύχῃ Verb: present middle-passive subjunctive 2nd singular, Verb: present middle-passive indicative 2nd singular, Verb: present active subjunctive 3rd singular of τρύχω
- wear out, waste, consume, τρύχουσι δὲ οἶκον Od. 1.248, 16.125; οἵ τε [κηφῆνες] μελισσάων κάματον τ. Hes. Op. 305; πτωχὸν οὐκ ἄν τις καλέοι τρύξοντα ἓ αὐτόν no one would invite a beggar to eat him out of house and home, Od. 17.387; τρύχω βίον ἐν κακότητι Thgn. 913; τρύχει τὰ νουσήματα, i.e. get the better of, cure, the disease, Hp. Morb.Sacr. 18; τρύχουσιν ἔρωτες, τρύχει πόθος, AP 12.88, 143; γᾶ φθίνουσα τρύχει ψυχάν distresses, afflicts, S. OT 666 (lyr.); τρύχουσα σαυτήν E. Hel. 1286; τ. στρατείαις τὴν πόλιν X. HG 5.2.4:—Pass., to be worn out, τρυχόμενος Od. 1.288, 2.219, cf. Thgn. 752; τρύχεσθαι λιμῷ Od. 10.177; εὐναῖς ἀνανδρώτοισι τρύχεσθαι S. Tr. 110 (lyr.); χρόνῳ Id. Aj. 605 (lyr.); ἀμπλακίαις E. Hipp. 147 (lyr.); τῇ προσεδρείᾳ Th. 1.126; κατʼ οἶδμʼ ἅλιον E. Hel. 521 (lyr.); ἐτρυχόμεσθα . . ὁδοιπλανοῦντες Ar. Ach. 68; δυσμενέων ἄστυ τ. Sol. 3.22: c. gen., σου τρυχόμεθʼ ἤδη τρία καὶ δέκʼ ἔτη we have pined for thee . ., Ar. Pax 989 (anap.).
Acc. sing. masc. fut. pple. τρύξοντα Od. 17.387.
(κατα-)
To lay an intolerable burnden on the resources of, consume the substance of or in, beggar, ruin : οἶκον Od. 1.248 = Od. 16.125, Od. 19.133, πτωχὸν οὐκ ἄν τις καλέοι τρύξοντα ἓ αὐτόν (to eat him out of house and home) Od. 17.387.
In pass., to see one’s substance wasted or consumed, be subjected to impoverishment: ἦ τʼ ἂν τρυχόμενός περ ἔτι τλαίης (τλαίην) ἐνιαυτόν Od. 1.288, Od. 2.219.
In mid., to let oneself be worn out : μηδὲ τρυχώμεθα λιμῷ Od. 10.177.
- to wear out, waste, consume, Od., Hes.; πτωχὸν τρύξοντά ἑ αὐτόν a beggar to eat him out of house and home, Od.; τρύχει ψυχάν distresses, afflicts the soul, Soph.; τρ. στρατείαις τὴν πόλιν Xen.:—Pass. to be worn out, Od., Soph., etc.:— τρύχεσθαί τινος to pine away for some one, Eur.