Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

οἰκοτριβής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: οἰκοτριβής οἰκοτριβές

Structure: οἰκοτριβη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: tri/bw

Sense

  1. ruining a family

Examples

  • ἐπεισπίπτει δ’ οἰκοτριβὴσ δαπάνη. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 41 2:3)
  • ἐπεισπίπτει δ’ οἰκοτριβὴσ δαπάνη. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , other17)

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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