Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • καὶ τὸν λαὸν τὸν ὄντα ἐν αὐτῇ ἐξήγαγε καὶ ἔθηκεν ἐν τῷ πρίονι καὶ ἐν τοῖσ τριβόλοισ τοῖσ σιδηροῖσ καὶ ὑποτομεῦσι σιδηροῖσ καὶ διήγαγεν αὐτοὺσ διὰ τοῦ πλινθείου. καὶ οὕτωσ ἐποίησε πάσαισ ταῖσ πόλεσιν υἱῶν Ἀμμών. καὶ ἐπέστρεψε Δαυὶδ καὶ πᾶσ ὁ λαὸσ εἰσ Ἱερουσαλήμ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 12:31)

Related

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

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