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τριβή

τριβή, a rubbing; wear; delay

τρῐβ-ή, ἡ,
  • 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 tear of 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, ἀλλʼ ἄτεχνος τ. Pl. Phdr. 260e; τριβῇ καὶ ἐμπειρίᾳ, opp. τέχνῃ, ib. 270b, cf. Grg. 463b, Gal. 6.143; τριβῇ ζητεῖν, opp. μεθόδῳ, Arist. SE 184b2; τριβὴν ἔχειν τινός Damox. 1.10, D.S. 16.15; τ. ἐν τοῖς πολεμικοῖς ἔχειν Plb. 1.32.1; ἀρετὴν ἔχειν ἐν χρήσει καὶ τριβῇ Plu. Phil. 13; διὰ τῆς ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις σπουδαιοτέρας τριβῆς καὶ συγγυμνασίας Sor. 1.3.
    • III that about which one is busied, the object of care, anxiety, or love, Ὀρέστην, τὴν ἐμῆς ψυχῆς τριβήν A. Ch. 749.
      • 2 occupation, μειράκιον . . οὐκέτι ἔπεμπες ἐπὶ τὰ διδασκαλεῖα καὶ τὰς προσηκούσας τοῖς νεανίαις τριβάς POxy. 471.115 (ii A. D.).
    • IV of Time, spending, οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου τ. S. Ant. 1078, cf. Fr. 664; συνουσίᾳ καὶ χρόνου τριβῇ Pl. R. 493b; ἀξίαν τριβὴν ἔχει ʼtis time well spent, A. Pr. 639; [βίος] οὐκ ἄχαρις ἐς τὴν τριβήν a pleasant enough life in the spending, Ar. Av. 156.
      • 2 delay, ἐς τριβὰς ἐλᾷ seeks delays, S. OT 1160; πορίζεις τριβάς Ar. Ach. 385 (lyr.); and with the Verb omitted, μὴ τριβὰς ἔτι no more delays, S. Ant. 577; τριβῆς ἕνεκα καὶ ἀνοκωχῆς Th. 8.87; μετὰ τ. πάσης Pl. Ep. 344b; ὁ πόλεμος τριβὴν λαμβάνει Plb. 1.20.9.

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