ὑποτρίβω

English (LSJ)

[ῑ],

   A rub a little or gently, Hp.Genit.1.    2 rub down for mixing in a dish, σήσαμ' ὑ. εἰς ταύτην (sc. ἅλμην) Damox.2.38, cf. Cratin.27; v. ὑπότριμμα.    II rub off beneath or gradually:— Pass., ὑποτρίβεσθαι τὰς ὁπλάς, of horses, wear their hoofs off, D.S. 17.94: so intr. in Act., ὑποτρίβουσι τοῖς ποσί Hippiatr.53: cf. foreg.    III in Pass., to be aggravated or become chronic, of diseases, Aët.9.35.