τρίβω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (to rub). Cognate with Latin tero.

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Pronunciation

 

Verb

τρῑ́βω • (trī́bō)

  1. to rub
  2. to grind, thresh, pound
  3. to waste, ravage
  4. to rub away, grind down, wear away
  5. to wear out

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: τρίβω (trívo, to rub, to grate)

References

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τρίβω (tríbō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtri.vo/
  • Hyphenation: τρί‧βω

Verb

τρίβω • (trívo) (past έτριψα, passive τρίβομαι)

  1. (cooking) to grate, grind
    τρίβω το τυρίtrívo to tyrígrate the cheese
  2. to rub, chafe

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • τριμμένος (trimménos, grated, participle)
  • τετριμμένος (tetrimménos, commonplace, overused, participle with reduplication) (formal, figurative sense) from Ancient Greek
  • ασύντριπτος (asýntriptos, uncrushed, invincible), ασύντριφτος
  • άτριφτος (átriftos, not grated, not warn out)
  • διατριβή f (diatriví, treatise)
  • εκτριπτικός (ektriptikós) (chemistry)
  • ελαιοτριβείο n (elaiotriveío)
  • ενδιατρίβω (endiatrívo, to be constantly at a certain place)
  • εντριβή f (entriví, rubbing of skin)
  • κατατρίβομαι (katatrívomai, to exhaust oneself with details)
  • λιθοτριψία f (lithotripsía, lithotripsy) (medical)
  • λιοτριβειό n (liotriveió, oil refinery) (colloquial)
  • λιοτρίβι n (liotrívi, oil refinery) (colloquial)
  • νεροτριβή f (nerotriví, processing textiles in water, place with water)
  • παιδοτρίβης m (paidotrívis, teacher of athletics in ancient Greece)
  • προστριβή f (prostriví, friction)
  • προστριβόμενος (prostrivómenos, affricate) (phonetics)
  • συντετριμμένος (syntetrimménos, devasted, participle)
  • συντριβή f (syntriví, a crush, smash)
  • συντρίβω (syntrívo, to crush, devastate)
  • σύντριμμα n (sýntrimma, crushed material, usually stones)
  • συντριμμένος (syntrimménos, crushed, participle)
  • συντρίμμι n (syntrímmi, wreckage, debris)
  • συντριπτικός (syntriptikós, crushing, overwhelming)
  • τετριμμένος (tetrimménos, commonplace, overused, participle with reduplication) (formal, figurative sense)
  • τριβέας n (trivéas) (engineering, part of machine)
  • τριβείο n (triveío, machine for rubbing)
  • τριβή f (triví, rubbing)
  • τρίμμα n (trímma, small piece produced by rubbing)
  • τρίφτης m (tríftis, grater)
  • τριψάνα f (tripsána, food with pieces of bread in milk or soup) (rare)
  • τρίψιμο n (trípsimo, the rubbing)
  • τυροτρίφτης m (tyrotríftis, cheese grater)
  • φαρμακοτρίφτης m (farmakotríftis, pharmacist) (colloquial, derogatory)
  • χρονοτριβή f (chronotriví, lingering)
  • χρονοτριβώ (chronotrivó, to linger)

See also

  • (similar meaning) θραύω (thrávo, to break)
  • (similar form and sound, paronym) στρίβω (strívo, toI twist, turn)
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