wear
Τραφὲν ὄρεσι καὶ φάραγξιν ἀγρίαις, κήρυξ πέφυκα τῆς λόγου ὑμνῳδίας. Φωνήν μὲν οὐκ ἔναρθρον, εὔηχον δ' ἔχω (Byzantine riddle) → Raised in the mountains and wild ravines, I have become the herald of hymns that are sung. I have no articulate voice...
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
Of clothes, weapons, etc.: P. and V. φορεῖν, ἔχειν.
wear arms: (absol.) P. σιδηροφορεῖν (or mid.).
wear out: P. and V. τρίβειν, Ar. and P. κατατρίβειν.
Met.; see weary.
worn by chariot wheels: V. ἐπημαξευμένος τροχοῖσι (Soph., Antigone 251); see beaten.
wear away: P. and V. τρίβειν. Ar. and P. κατατρίβειν.
verb intransitive
last: P. and V. ἀντέχειν; see last.
wear away: P. and V. τρίβεσθαι. Ar. and P. κατατρίβεσθαι.
wear off, pass away: P. and V. ἀπορρεῖν, διαρρεῖν; see fade.
wear out (clothes): Ar. and P. κατατρίβειν.
exhaust: P. and V. τρύχειν (only pass. in P.), Ar. and P. ἀποκναίειν, κατατρίβειν. P. ἐκτρυχοῦν, τρίβειν,V. τρύειν (pass. also in Plato but rare P.), Ar. and V. τείρειν, V. γυμνάζειν.
be worn out, of clothes: Ar. and P. κατατρίβεσθαι.
Met., P. and V. τρύχεσθαι, πιέζεσθαι, Ar. and V. τείρεσθαι, V. καταξαίνεσθαι; see waste away.
flag, faint: P. ἀπαγορεύειν, παραλύεσθαι, ἀποκάμνειν, Ar. and P. ταλαιπωρεῖσθαι, κατατρίβεσθαι, P. and V. ἀπειπεῖν, κάμνειν (rare P.); see flag.
