ἀποτρίβω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῑ], fut. -ψω, strengthened for [[τρίβω]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[wear out]], <b class="b3">πολλά οἱ.. σφέλα.. πλευραὶ ἀποτρίψουσι</b> his ribs will [[wear out]] many a [[footstool]] (thrown at him), Od.17.232.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[rub clean]], <b class="b3">ἀποτρίβω ἵππον</b> [[rub down]] a horse, X.''Eq.''6.2:—Med., ἀ. τὸ αἰδοῖον Plu.2.1044b.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[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]] [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1105a2; διαβολάς [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]17.5; <b class="b3">τὸν πόλεμον, τὸν κίνδυνον</b>, Plb.3.8.10, 10.14.1; <b class="b3">τοὺς πελάζοντας ἀ.</b> [[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.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> in Pass., [[ὥστε μηδὲν ἀπ' αὐτῆς ἀποτριβῆναι]] = so that it should suffer no harm, Lat. [[ne quid detrimenti respublica caperet]], D.C.40.49, etc.