περιτρίβω
From LSJ
ὥστε ὁ βίος, ὢν καὶ νῦν χαλεπός, εἰς τὸν χρόνον ἐκεῖνον ἀβίωτος γίγνοιτ' ἂν τὸ παράπαν → and so life, which is hard enough now, would then become absolutely unendurable
English (LSJ)
[ῑ],
A rub or wear away all round, -τρίψας ὁ χρόνος [τὸ ἄγαλμα] Philostr.Her.2.1, cf. Im.1.23 (Pass.); πτερὰ περιτετριμμένα battered, Arist.HA627a13; κόγχος ἅλμη . . περιτρῐβείς (aor. 2 Pass.) Lyc.790 : metaph., περιτετριμμένοι 'old hands', Arr.Epict.2.6.5. II smear, τί τινι Nonn. D.6.190,41.110.
