τρῐβ-ή (tribe)

Where it lives

Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
Birds 1 · 0.94/10k
Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
On the False Embassy 1 · 0.43/10k
Gorgias 1 · 0.38/10k
Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

τρῐβ-ή · trib-ē — LSJ

rubbing

rubbing:—mostly metaph.:

I rubbing down, wearing away, wasting, wear and tear

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, study, mere practice, routine

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

III that about which one is busied, the object of care, anxiety, love

that about which one is busied, the object of care, anxiety, or love, Ὀρέστην, τὴν ἐμῆς ψυχῆς τριβήν A. Ch. 749.

2 occupation

occupation, μειράκιον . . οὐκέτι ἔπεμπες ἐπὶ τὰ διδασκαλεῖα καὶ τὰς προσηκούσας τοῖς νεανίαις τριβάς POxy. 471.115 (ii A. D.).

IV spending, spending

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, delays, delays

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.

In the wild

τριβᾷ · tribai Aeschylus, Agamemnon 463–467
τριβήν · tribēn Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 749–752
τριβὴν · tribēn Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 637–639
τριβήν · tribēn Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 148)
τριβὴν · tribēn Demosthenes, On the False Embassy Proof.77 (DIORISIS sentence 247)
τριβήν · tribēn Epictetus, Discourses 1.27 (DIORISIS sentence 1433)

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Where it came from

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