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τριβή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: τριβή τριβῆς

Structure: τριβ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: tri/bw

Sense

  1. a rubbing down, wearing away, wasting
  2. practice, as opposed to theory
  3. mere practice, routine, as opposed to true art

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • χαρακτῆρα δὲ τὸν Λυσίου κατὰ τὸ πλεῖστον ἐζήλωσε καὶ εἰ μή τισ ἔμπειροσ πάνυ τῶν ἀνδρῶν εἰή καὶ τριβὰσ ἀξιολόγουσ ἀμφοῖν ἔχων, οὐκ ἂν διαγνοίη ῥᾳδίωσ πολλοὺσ τῶν λόγων, ὁποτέρου τῶν ῥητόρων εἰσίν, ἀλλὰ παρακρούσεται ταῖσ ἐπιγραφαῖσ οὐχ οὕτωσ ἀκριβῶσ ἐχούσαισ, ὡσ διὰ μιᾶσ δηλοῦταί μοι γραφῆσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 23)
  • δοκεῖ μὲν γὰρ ἀποίητόσ τισ εἶναι καὶ ἀτεχνίτευτοσ ὁ τῆσ ἁρμονίασ αὐτοῦ χαρακτὴρ καὶ οὐ θαυμάσαιμ’ ἄν, εἰ πᾶσι μὲν τοῖσ ἰδιώταισ, οὐκ ὀλίγοισ δὲ καὶ τῶν φιλολόγων, ὅσοι μὴ μεγάλασ ἔχουσι τριβὰσ περὶ λόγουσ, τοιαύτην τινὰ παράσχοι δόξαν, ὅτι ἀνεπιτηδεύτωσ καὶ οὐ κατὰ τέχνην, αὐτομάτωσ δέ πωσ καὶ ὡσ ἔτυχε σύγκειται. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 8 1:2)
  • τί ταῦτα στρέφει τεχνάζεισ τε καὶ πορίζεισ τριβάσ; (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 11)
  • μὴ τριβὰσ ἔτ’, ἀλλά νιν κομίζετ’ εἴσω, δμῶεσ· (Sophocles, Antigone, episode, anapests 2:22)
  • ἁνὴρ ὅδ’, ὡσ ἐοίκεν, ἐσ τριβὰσ ἐλᾷ. (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 1:22)

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