τρίβειν

From LSJ

μὴ δὶς πρὸς τὸν αὐτὸν λίθον πταίειν → do not stumble twice on the same stone

Source

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also τρίβω): bruise, delay, employ, exhaust, pound, rub, spend, in a mortar, pass time, pass, rub away, tire out, waste time, wear away, wear out, while away

Lexicon Thucydideum

atterere, to wear away, waste, 7.48.6, 7.49.2, 8.46.4,
item likewise 8.56.2.
PASS. teri, to be rubbed, 2.77.4,
Transl. translate atteri, to be worn away, 6.18.6, 7.42.5, [vulgo commonly τρίβεσθαι]