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A. τέτριφα Isoc. (v. infr.):—Pass., fut. -τριβήσομαι X. HG 5.4.60:— rub down or away: hence,

1. of clothes, wear out, ἀμφὶ πλευρῇσι δοράς Thgn. 55, cf. Ar. Fr. 345, Pl. Phd. 87c, Metrod. Fr. 55: hence metaph., πολλὰ σώματα κατατρίψασα ἡ ψυχή Pl. Phd. 91d, cf. 87d; οἱ τὰ βήματα κατατετριφότες, i.e. constant frequenters of the tribune, Isoc. Ep. 8.7; ὁ σταλαγμὸς κ. Arist. Ph. 253b15: metaph., κ. τὸ τῆς ἀρετῆς ὄνομα to have it always on one's tongue, Luc. Par. 43.

b. press downwards, -ομένης πάτῳ τῆς ῥίζης Thphr. HP 6.6.10.

c. rub or roll thread, περὶ γούνατι νῆμα χειρί Theoc. 24.77.

2. of persons, wear out, exhaust, αὐτοὺς περὶ ἑαυτοὺς τοὺς Ἕλληνας κ. Th. 8.46:—Pass., to be quite worn out, c. part., κατατετρίμμεθα πλανώμενοι Ar. Pax 355, cf. X. Mem. 1.2.37; -τριβήσοιντο ὑπὸ πολέμου Id. HG 5.4.60; ἐν τοῖς στρατοπέδοις Isoc. 15.115; περὶ τὸν πόλεμον Plu. Fab. 19.

3. of Time, spend, consume, κατέτριψε τὴν ἡμέραν δημηγορῶν D. 57.9, cf. Aeschin. 2.14, Men. Epit. 54, Plu. Caes. 13; τὰς ἡμέρας περὶ τῶν τυχόντων Arist. EN 1117b35, cf. Plb. 5.62.6, etc.; κ. τὸν βίον employ it fully, X. Mem. 4.7.5, Nicol.Com. 1.23, cf. Phld. Rh. 1.38 S.:—so in Med., τὸ πολὺ τοῦ βίου ἐν δικαστηρίοις φεύγων τε καὶ διώκων κ. waste the greater part of one's life in . . , Pl. R. 405b: in pf. Pass. (later in aor. 2 -τριβέντες Cod.Just. 1.5.16.5), wear away one's life, pass one's whole time, c. part., αὐλοῖς καὶ λύραισι κατατέτριμμαι χρώμενος Ar. Fr. 221; κ. στρατευόμενος X. Mem. 3.4.1; ἐπί τινι Them. Or. 26.312c.

4. of property, etc., squander, ἅπαντα X. Cyr. 8.4.36; τὸν λόγον περί τι D.H. Comp. 11.