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τρίβολος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τρίβολος τρίβολον

Structure: τριβολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = tribelh/s

Sense

  1. a caltrop, a three-spiked implement
  2. a prickly plant, a burr, thistle
  3. a threshing-machine, boards with sharp stones fixed in the bottom

Examples

  • τρίβολοι καὶ παγίδεσ ἐν ὁδοῖσ σκολιαῖσ, ὁ δὲ φυλάσσων τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχὴν ἀφέξεται αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 22:5)
  • καὶ ἐξαρθήσονται βωμοὶ Ὦν, ἁμαρτήματα τοῦ Ἰσραήλ. ἄκανθαι καὶ τρίβολοι ἀναβήσονται ἐπὶ τὰ θυσιαστήρια αὐτῶν. καὶ ἐροῦσι τοῖσ ὄρεσι. καλύψατε ἡμᾶσ, καὶ τοῖσ βουνοῖσ. πέσατε ἐφ̓ ἡμᾶσ. ‐ (Septuagint, Prophetia Osee 10:8)
  • Ἄριστον δὲ, ὅστισ ἐν πόλει μεγάλῃ ἰητρεύει, κεκτῆσθαι ἐσκευασμένον ξύλον, ἐν ᾧ πᾶσαι αἱ ἀνάγκαι ἔσονται πάντων μὲν κατηγμάτων, πάντων δὲ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆσ ἐκ κατατάσιοσ καὶ μοχλεύσιοσ‧ ἀρκέει δὲ τὸ ξύλον, ἢν ᾖ τοιοῦτον οἱο͂ν οἱ τετράγωνοι τρίβολοι δρύϊνοι γίνονται, μῆκοσ καὶ πλάτοσ καὶ πάχοσ. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 13.11)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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