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