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

  • Τριβόλα δὲ ἀμφὶ τοὺσ ἑξήκοντα σταδίουσ τῆσ αὐτῆσ πόλεωσ ἀφεστῶσα, λόφον ἐπικαθημένη σύμμετρον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 1, chapter 14 2:2)

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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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