1. τρίβω · tribō — Beekes
to occupy oneself with
The corpus record
τρίβω
tribo
to occupy oneself with
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Peace 7 · 8.79/10k
- Wasps 3 · 3.08/10k
- De aere aquis et locis 2 · 2.7/10k
- Proverbia 3 · 2.7/10k
- Electra 2 · 2.65/10k
- Ecclesiazusae 2 · 2.62/10k
- Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
- Agamemnon 2 · 2.47/10k
- Phaedo 5 · 2.29/10k
- Clouds 2 · 2.08/10k
- Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
- Birds 2 · 1.88/10k
Densest 12 of 44 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. τρίβω · tribō — Chantraine
ομαι : aor
3. τρίβω · tribō — Frisk
ομαι, Aor
4. τρίβω · tribō — LSJ
rub, thresh, out, work round, rubbed, rub oneʼs, upon, pollute
Attestations
- τριβέμεναι · tribemenai Iliad 20.496
- τρίβεσθε · tribesthe Iliad 23.735
- τρῖψαι · tripsai Odyssey 9.333
- τρίβουσι · tribousi Works and Days 249–251
- τρίβοντες · tribontes Plato, Republic 4.435 (DIORISIS sentence 2501)
- τριβῇ · tribēi Plato, Republic 6.493 (DIORISIS sentence 3769)
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 1559-1560; entry #6154 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1156; entry #8128 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 1902-1904; entry #5749 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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