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τρίβων

tribon2 · ὁ

practised, skilled in, used to

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What it meant

τρίβων · tribōn — LSJ

practised, skilled in, used to

practised or skilled in a thing, used to it, c. gen., τρίβων αὐτῆς (sc. τῆς καννάβιος) Hdt. 4.74; τ. λόγων E. Ba. 717; τ. ἱππικῆς Ar. V. 1429; τῶν κρεμαθρῶν οὔπω τ. Id. Nu. 869; τῶν ἔργων τῆς ἰατρικῆς Gal. 15.169, cf. 18(2).35: c. acc., τρίβων τὰ τοιάδε E. Med. 686: abs., Id. El. 1127: Comp. -ότερος EM 766.4:— hence

2 ‘old hand’, rogue

Subst., ‘old hand’, rogue, Ar. Nu. 869, 870 (a pun).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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