τρίβω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

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Pronunciation

 

Verb

τρῑ́βω • (trī́bō) first-singular present indicative

  1. to rub
  2. to grind, thresh, pound
  3. to waste, ravage
  4. to rub away, grind down, wear away
  5. to wear out

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: τρίβω (trívo, to rub, to grate)

References

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τρίβω (tríbō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtri.vo/
  • Hyphenation: τρί‧βω

Verb

τρίβω • (trívo) (past έτριψα, passive τρίβομαι)

  1. (cooking) to grate, grind
    τρίβω το τυρίtrívo to tyrígrate the cheese
  2. to rub, chafe

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • τριμμένος (trimménos, grated, participle)
  • τετριμμένος (tetrimménos, commonplace, overused, participle with reduplication) (formal, figurative sense) from Ancient Greek
  • ασύντριπτος (asýntriptos, uncrushed, invincible), ασύντριφτος
  • άτριφτος (átriftos, not grated, not warn 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, toI twist, turn)
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