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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

  • τὸ μὲν οὖν περινοστοῦντα νῦν μὲν Ἀθηναίοισ, νῦν δὲ Κορινθίοισ ἀναγινώσκειν ἢ Ἀργείοισ ἢ Λακεδαιμονίοισ ἐν τῷ μέρει, ἐργῶδεσ καὶ μακρὸν ἡγεῖτο εἶναι καὶ τριβὴν οὐ μικρὰν ἐν τῷ τοιούτῳ ἔσεσθαι· (Lucian, Herodotus 2:3)
  • οὐκ ἄχαρισ ἐσ τὴν τριβήν· (Aristophanes, Birds, Prologue 4:28)
  • καὶ γὰρ ἠθύμουν ἀπιόντοσ αὐτοῦ, καὶ πολλὴν τριβὴν προσεδόκων καὶ μῆκοσ ἀργὸν ἐν τῷ Νικίᾳ τὸν πόλεμον ἕξειν, καθάπερ μύωποσ ἀφῃρημένου τῶν πράξεων. (Plutarch, , chapter 21 6:2)
  • οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲ ἓν νοεῖν σοφώτερον, πᾶν τ’ εὐχερὲσ τὸ πρᾶγμα, τοῦ λόγου τριβὴν ἔχοντι τούτου· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 60 1:6)
  • Φιλίππῳ γὰρ ἦν στόμωμα μὲν εἰσ μάχην ἀποχρῶν ἡ Μακεδόνων ἀρχή, ῥώμη δὲ πολέμου τριβὴν ἔχοντοσ καὶ χορηγία καὶ καταφυγὴ καὶ ὄργανον ὅλωσ τῆσ φάλαγγοσ ἡ τῶν Ἑλλήνων δύναμισ, ὧν μὴ διαλυθέντων ἀπὸ τοῦ Φιλίππου μιᾶσ μάχησ οὐκ ἦν ἔργον ὁ πρὸσ αὑτὸν πόλεμοσ. (Plutarch, Titus Flamininus, chapter 2 3:1)

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