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|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">rubbing:</b>—mostly metaph.: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> [[rubbing down]], [[wearing away]], [[wasting]], τριβᾷ βίου <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>465</span> (lyr.); κτεάνων τριβάς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ch.</span>943</span> (lyr., sed leg. [[τριβᾶς]]); [[wear and tear]] of fixtures in a house, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1116.26</span> (i B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[practice]], opp. theory, <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Praec.</span>1</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.6.15</span>; [[study]], τ. καὶ ἱστορία τῶν πόλεως πραγμάτων Metrod.<span class="title">Fr.</span>27, cf. Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.121 S., <span class="title">Po.</span>5.20, al.; also, [[mere practice]], [[routine]], opp. true art, οὐκ ἔστι τέχνη, ἀλλ' ἄτεχνος τ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span> 260e</span>; <b class="b3">τριβῇ καὶ ἐμπειρίᾳ</b>, opp. [[τέχνῃ]], ib.<span class="bibl">270b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Grg.</span>463b</span>, Gal.6.143; <b class="b3">τριβῇ ζητεῖν</b>, opp. [[μεθόδῳ]], <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">SE</span>184b2</span>; τριβὴν ἔχειν τινός <span class="bibl">Damox. 1.10</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.16.15</span>; τ. ἐν τοῖς πολεμικοῖς ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Plb.1.32.1</span>; ἀρετὴν ἔχειν ἐν χρήσει καὶ τριβῇ <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Phil.</span>13</span>; διὰ τῆς ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις σπουδαιοτέρας τριβῆς καὶ συγγυμνασίας <span class="bibl">Sor.1.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">that about which one is busied, the object of care, anxiety</b>, or [[love]], Ορέστην, τὴν ἐμῆς ψυχῆς τριβήν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>749</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[occupation]], μειράκιον . . οὐκέτι ἔπεμπες ἐπὶ τὰ διδασκαλεῖα καὶ τὰς προσηκούσας τοῖς νεανίαις τριβάς <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>471.115</span> (ii A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> of Time, [[spending]], οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου τ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span> 1078</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>664</span>; συνουσίᾳ καὶ χρόνου τριβῇ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>493b</span>; <b class="b3">ἀξίαν τριβὴν ἔχει</b> 'tis time well spent, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>639</span>; <b class="b3">[βίος] οὐκ ἄχαρις ές τὴν τριβήν</b> a pleasant enough life in the [[spending]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>156</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[delay]], <b class="b3">ἐς τριβὰς ἐλᾷ</b> seeks [[delays]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1160</span>; πορίζεις τριβάς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>385</span> (lyr.); and with the Verb omitted, <b class="b3">μὴ τριβὰς ἔτι</b> no more [[delays]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>577</span>; τριβῆς ἕνεκα καὶ ἀνοκωχῆς <span class="bibl">Th.8.87</span>; μετὰ τ. πάσης <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Ep.</span>344b</span>; ὁ πόλεμος τριβὴν λαμβάνει <span class="bibl">Plb.1.20.9</span>.</span>