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

  • ἦ γὰρ ἐγείρω ὀμπνιακῶν χαρίτων ἡδύτερον τρίβολον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 7073)
  • ὅσ με τὸν ἐκ Φλιοῦντοσ, ἔτι τρίβολον πατέοντα, πρίνινον, ἐσ χρύσεον σχῆμα μεθηρμόσατο, καὶ λεπτὴν ἐνέδυσεν ἁλουργίδα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 372)

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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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