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οἰκοτριβής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: οἰκοτριβής οἰκοτριβές

Structure: οἰκοτριβη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: tri/bw

Sense

  1. ruining a family

Examples

  • γρῆυσ οὐδὲ πένησ καὶ ἰδιώτησ ἀλλὰ καὶ παχυσκελὴσ ἀλετρὶσ πρὸσ μύλην κινουμένη καὶ οἰκότριβεσ καὶ θῆτεσ ὑπὸ γήθουσ καὶ χαρμοσύνησ ἀναφέρονται, πλουσίοισ δὲ καὶ βασιλεῦσιν ἑστιάσεισ καὶ πανδαισίαι τινὲσ πάρεισιν ἀεί· (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 21 10:1)
  • ουδὲ πένησ καὶ ἰδιώτησ, ἀλλὰ καὶ παχυσκελὴσ ἀλετρὶσ πρὸσ μύλην κινουμένη καὶ οἱκότριβεσ καὶ θῆτεσ ὑπὸ γήθουσ καὶ χαρμοσύνησ ἀναφέρονται τοὺσ δὲ ἠπίωσ καὶ λείωσ ὁμιλοῦντασ ὀργαῖσ κάλλιστα μὲν ἀκούσματα κάλλιστα δὲ θεάματα ποιούμενοσ, ἄρχομαι καταφρονεῖν τῶν λεγόντων· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , <*/b Ia)mbika/>25)

Synonyms

  1. ruining a family

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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