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προσ-τρίβω [ι_],
A.rub on or against: abs., προστρίβοντα by friction, Arist.HA535b23:—Med., rub oneself against, “τῷ τοίχῳIG42(1).126.10 (Epid., ii A.D.):—Pass., to be rubbed on, Dsc.4.153; προστετριμμένος worn away, dulled, “πρὸς ἄλλοισιν οἴκοιςA.Eu.238.
III. more freq. in Med., mostly in bad sense, inflict or cause to be inflicted, “πληγάς τισιAr.Eq.5; “ὑμῖν τὸ μήνιμα τῶν ἀλιτηρίων προστρίψομαιAntipho 4.2.8; “τινὶ συμφορὰν βλασφημίαν κακόνD.25.52; “τὴν ὑποψίαν τῆς προδοσίαςPlu.2.89f:—Pass., “γλώσσῃ ματαίᾳ ζημία προστρίβεταιA.Pr.331, cf.Sammelb.5273.12 (v A.D.), PMonac.6.66 (vi A.D.).
2. in good sense, πλούτου δόξαν προστρίψασθαι τοῖς κεκτημένοις attach to them the reputation of wealth, D.22.75, 24.183.
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