# τρίβω
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub”). Cognate with Latin tero.
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### Pronunciation

* IPA: /trǐː.bɔː/ → /ˈtri.βo/ → /ˈtri.vo/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /trǐː.bɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈtri.bo/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈtri.βo/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈtri.vo/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈtri.vo/

### Verb

τρῑ́βω • (trī́bō)
* to rub
* to grind, thresh, pound
* to waste, ravage
* to rub away, grind down, wear away
* to wear out

#### Derived terms

* διατρίβω (diatríbō)
* συντρίβω (suntríbō)
* τρῐβᾰκός (trĭbăkós)
* τρίβανον (tríbanon)
* τριβάς (tribás)
* ὠμοτρῐβής (ōmotrĭbḗs)

#### Descendants

* Greek: τρίβω (trívo, “to rub, to grate”)

### References

* “τρίβω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “τρίβω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “τρίβω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* τρίβω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* τρίβω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek τρίβω (tríbō).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtri.vo/
* Hyphenation: τρί‧βω

### Verb

τρίβω • (trívo) (past έτριψα, passive τρίβομαι)
* (cooking) to grate, grind
    τρίβω το τυρί ― trívo to tyrí ― grate the cheese
* to rub, chafe

#### Synonyms

* (grate, rub): ξύνω (xýno)

#### Derived terms

* τριμμένος (trimménos, “grated”, participle)
* τετριμμένος (tetrimménos, “commonplace, overused”, participle with reduplication) (formal, figurative sense) from Ancient Greek

#### Related terms

* ασύντριπτος (asýntriptos, “uncrushed, invincible”), ασύντριφτος (asýntriftos)
* άτριφτος (átriftos, “not grated, not worn out”)
* διατριβή f (diatriví, “treatise”)
* εκτριπτικός (ektriptikós) (chemistry)
* ελαιοτριβείο n (elaiotriveío)
* ενδιατρίβω (endiatrívo, “to be constantly at a certain place”)
* εντριβή f (entriví, “rubbing of skin”)
* κατατρίβομαι (katatrívomai, “to exhaust oneself with details”)
* λιθοτριψία f (lithotripsía, “lithotripsy”) (medical)
* λιοτριβειό n (liotriveió, “oil refinery”) (colloquial)
* λιοτρίβι n (liotrívi, “oil refinery”) (colloquial)
* νεροτριβή f (nerotriví, “processing textiles in water, place with water”)
* παιδοτρίβης m (paidotrívis, “teacher of athletics in ancient Greece”)
* προστριβή f (prostriví, “friction”)
* προστριβόμενος (prostrivómenos, “affricate”) (phonetics)
* συντετριμμένος (syntetrimménos, “devasted”, participle)
* συντριβή f (syntriví, “a crush, smash”)
* συντρίβω (syntrívo, “to crush, devastate”)
* σύντριμμα n (sýntrimma, “crushed material, usually stones”)
* συντριμμένος (syntrimménos, “crushed”, participle)
* συντρίμμι n (syntrímmi, “wreckage, debris”)
* συντριπτικός (syntriptikós, “crushing, overwhelming”)
* τετριμμένος (tetrimménos, “commonplace, overused”, participle with reduplication) (formal, figurative sense)
* τριβέας n (trivéas) (engineering, part of machine)
* τριβείο n (triveío, “machine for rubbing”)
* τριβή f (triví, “rubbing”)
* τρίμμα n (trímma, “small piece produced by rubbing”)
* τρίφτης m (tríftis, “grater”)
* τριψάνα f (tripsána, “food with pieces of bread in milk or soup”) (rare)
* τρίψιμο n (trípsimo, “the rubbing”)
* τυροτρίφτης m (tyrotríftis, “cheese grater”)
* φαρμακοτρίφτης m (farmakotríftis, “pharmacist”) (colloquial, derogatory)
* χρονοτριβή f (chronotriví, “lingering”)
* χρονοτριβώ (chronotrivó, “to linger”)

### See also

* (similar meaning) θραύω (thrávo, “to break”)
* (similar form and sound, paronym) στρίβω (strívo, “to twist, turn”)