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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)
  • καὶ μηδὲν ἄλλο ταύτησ ἀκριβέστερον ζητεῖν κριτήριον, τοῦτο κἀγὼ τοῖσ ἀναγινώσκουσι τὸν Λυσίαν καὶ τίσ ἡ παρ’ αὐτῷ χάρισ ἐστὶ βουλομένοισ μαθεῖν ὑποθείμην ἂν ἐπιτηδεύειν, χρόνῳ πολλῷ καὶ μακρᾷ τριβῇ καὶ ἀλόγῳ πάθει τὴν ἄλογον συνασκεῖν αἴσθησιν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 11 2:1)
  • ὁ λέγων λειχῆνοσ ἰατρικὴν εἶναι καὶ παρωνυχίασ, πλευρίτιδοσ δὲ καὶ πυρετοῦ καὶ φρενίτιδοσ μὴ εἶναι, τί διαφέρει τοῦ λέγοντοσ ὅτι τῶν μικρῶν καὶ παιδικῶν καθηκόντων εἰσὶ διδασκαλεῖα καὶ λόγοι καὶ ὑποθῆκαι, τῶν δὲ μεγάλων καὶ τελείων ἄλογοσ τριβὴ καὶ περίπτωσίσ ἐστιν; (Plutarch, An virtus doceri possit, section 32)
  • ὁ λέγων λειχῆνοσ ἰατρικὴν εἶναι καὶ παρωνυχίασ, πλευρίτιδοσ δὲ καὶ πυρετοῦ καὶ φρενίτιδοσ μὴ εἶναι, τί διαφέρει τοῦ λέγοντοσ ὅτι τῶν μικρῶν καὶ παιδικῶν καθηκόντων εἰσὶ διδασκαλεῖα καὶ λόγοι καὶ ὑποθῆκαι, τῶν δὲ μεγάλων καὶ τελείων ἄλογοσ τριβὴ καὶ περίπτωσίσ ἔστιν; (Plutarch, An virtus doceri possit, section 32)
  • οὐκ ἄχαρισ ἐσ τὴν τριβήν· (Aristophanes, Birds, Prologue 4:28)
  • ὑπὸ τοιούτων λογισμῶν εἰσπεσόντεσ ἀθρόοι καὶ περισχόντεσ αὐτὸν ἐξῆγον ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν, ἄλλου δὲ ἄλλο τι προθύμωσ ὑπηρετοῦντοσ καὶ σπευδόντων ἁπάντων ἐγίνετο τριβὴ τοῦ χρόνου. (Plutarch, Caius Marius, chapter 39 3:4)
  • ἦν γὰρ ἀλλότριοσ σχολῆσ, καθάπερ ἄλλο τι κτῆμα τὴν στρατηγικὴν καὶ πολεμικὴν ἀρετὴν ἔχειν διὰ παντὸσ ἐν χρήσει καὶ τριβῇ βουλόμενοσ, ὡσ καὶ τῷ περὶ Πτολεμαίου ποτὲ ῥηθέντι τοῦ βασιλέωσ ἀπεδήλωσεν. (Plutarch, Philopoemen, chapter 13 3:1)

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