ἀποτρίβω

English (LSJ)

[ῑ], fut. -ψω, strengthd. for τρίβω,

   A wear out, πολλά οἱ . . σφέλα . . πλευραὶ ἀποτρίψουσι his ribs will wear out many a footstool (thrown at him), Od.17.232.    II rub clean, ἀ. ἵππον rub down a horse, X.Eq.6.2:—Med., ἀ. τὸ αἰδοῖον Plu.2.1044b.    III rub off, ἰόν Theoc.16.17: metaph., πρὶν γῆρας ἀποτρῖψαι νεότητα Id.24.133:—Pass., to be rubbed off, Arist. Col.793a25:—Med., get rid of, ἀδοξίαν D.1.11; ἐγκλήματα Aeschin. 1.179; τὸ πάθος Arist.EN1105a2; διαβολάς D.S.17.5; τὸν πόλεμον, τὸν κίνδυνον, Plb.3.8.10, 10.14.1; τοὺς πελάζοντας ἀ. brush them away, Id.3.102.5; τὴν ἄνθρωπον Plu.Mar.40; quartanam Cic.Att.7.5.5; λιμὸν τῆς γαστρός Plu.2.1044b; decline, reject, ἡμέραν Inscr.Prien. 27.17; τὴν πεῖραν Plu.Thes.26; δεήσεις Id.Brut.17; τὰ διδόμενα OGI 315.82 (Pessinus, ii B.C.).    2 in Pass., ὥστε μηδὲν ἀπ' αὐτῆς ἀποτρῐβῆναι, = ne quid detrimenti resp. caperet, D.C.40.49, etc.