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τριβή 1 τρίβω

I.a rubbing or wearing away, wasting, Aesch.
II.practice, as opp. to theory, Xen.: also mere practice, routine, as opp. to true art, Plat.
III.that about which one is busied, an object of care, Lat. cura, Aesch.
IV.of Time, a spending, Soph., Plat.; ἀξίαν τριβὴν ἔχει 'tis time well spend, Aesch.; βίος οὐκ ἄχαρις ἐς τὴν τριβήν a life pleasant enough in the spending, Ar.
2.delay, putting off, ἐς τριβὰς ἐλᾶν to seek delays, Soph.; τριβὰς πορίζειν Ar.; and with the Verb omitted, μὴ τριβὰς ἔτι no more delays, Soph.

1 τρι^βή, ἡ,

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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