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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

  • λέγειν καὶ συμβουλεύειν παρακαλοῦντεσ οὐ γὰρ τοσοῦτον ἀήθεια τόλμησ καὶ τριβῆσ ἔνδεια καὶ προτοόπαιον ἑκάστῳ στρατιωτῶν . (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 2 2:1)
  • ἑκόντασ τε γὰρ οὐκ ἂν οἰέσθαι δοῦναι τῇ στρατιῇ σιτία, βίῃ τε οὐκ οἱο͂́ν τε εἶναι ἐξαιρέειν, πολιορκίησ δὲ καὶ τριβῆσ δεήσειν, σφᾶσ δὲ ἐπιλελοιπέναι τὰ σιτία. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 27 9:1)
  • δεῖ δὲ αὐτῇ τριβῆσ πολλῆσ καὶ κατηχήσεωσ χρονίου· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 50 2:1)
  • ἅμα γὰρ αὐτὰ ἀνάγκη μανθάνειν καὶ τὸ ψεῦδοσ ἅμα καὶ ἀληθὲσ τῆσ ὅλησ οὐσίασ, μετὰ τριβῆσ πάσησ καὶ χρόνου πολλοῦ, ὅπερ ἐν ἀρχαῖσ εἶπον· (Plato, Epistles, Letter 7 134:1)
  • οὐ μὴν ἑάλω γε τὸ τεῖχοσ ἀπὸ κράτουσ τῇ πρώτῃ ἐφόδῳ, ἀλλ’ ἐδόκει χρόνου δεῖν καὶ τριβῆσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 8, chapter 21 2:1)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐπαναίρου, κᾆτα καθίζου μαλακῶσ, ἵνα μὴ τρίβῃσ τὴν ἐν Σαλαμῖνι. (Aristotle, Agon, Epirrheme12)

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