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|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to rub: to rub or [[thresh]] [[corn]], Il.; μοχλὸν [[τρῖψαι]] ἐν ὀφθαλμῶι to [[work]] [[round]] the [[stake]] in his eye, Od.; χρυσὸν βασάνωι τρ. to rub it on a touchstone, so as to [[test]] its [[purity]] (cf. [[παρατρίβω]]), Theogn.:—Mid., χρηστηρίοις ἐν τοῖσδε τρίβεσθαι [[μύσος]] to rub one's [[pollution]] [[upon]] these shrines, [[pollute]] them with it, Aesch.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to rub [[down]], [[grind]], [[pound]], Ar., etc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to [[crush]], βότρυν Ar.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> to [[wear]] out by [[rubbing]]: Pass., of a [[road]], to [[wear]] or [[tread]] it [[smooth]], ἀτραπὸς τετριμμένη Ar.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of [[time]], to [[wear]] [[away]], [[spend]], Lat. terere vitam, Soph., Eur.:— absol. to [[waste]] [[time]], [[tarry]], Aesch.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to [[waste]] or [[ravage]] a [[country]], Eur.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> metaph.,<br /><b class="num">1.</b> of persons, to [[wear]] out, Hes.: Pass. to be [[worn]] out, Il., Thuc.:—Mid., τρίψεσθαι αὐτὴν περὶ αὑτήν to [[wear]] itself out by [[internal]] struggles, Thuc.:—Pass., τριβόμενος [[ληός]] an oppressed [[people]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of [[money]] and [[property]], to [[waste]], [[squander]] it, Hdt.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to use [[constantly]], Ar.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> Pass. to be [[much]] busied or engrossed with a [[thing]], Hdt.