τριβή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τρίβω (tríbō, “rub, grind”) + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tri.bɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /triˈbe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /triˈβi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /triˈvi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /triˈvi/
Noun
τρῐβή • (tribḗ) f (genitive τρῐβῆς); first declension
- a rubbing down, wearing away, wasting
- practice, as opposed to theory
- mere practice, routine, as opposed to true art
- that about which one is busied, the object of care, anxiety, love (compare Latin cura)
- (of time) a spending
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ τρῐβή hē tribḗ |
τὼ τρῐβᾱ́ tṑ tribā́ |
αἱ τρῐβαί hai tribaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς τρῐβῆς tês tribês |
τοῖν τρῐβαῖν toîn tribaîn |
τῶν τρῐβῶν tôn tribôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ τρῐβῇ têi tribêi |
τοῖν τρῐβαῖν toîn tribaîn |
ταῖς τρῐβαῖς taîs tribaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν τρῐβήν tḕn tribḗn |
τὼ τρῐβᾱ́ tṑ tribā́ |
τᾱ̀ς τρῐβᾱ́ς tā̀s tribā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | τρῐβή tribḗ |
τρῐβᾱ́ tribā́ |
τρῐβαί tribaí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “τριβή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τριβή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τριβή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- dalliance idem, page 193.
- darling idem, page 195.
- delay idem, page 207.
- expenditure idem, page 293.
- hesitation idem, page 398.
- pause idem, page 599.
- pet idem, page 609.
- practice idem, page 631.
- procrastination idem, page 644.
- routine idem, page 723.
- slowness idem, page 786.
- stop idem, page 820.
- tardiness idem, page 855.
- time idem, page 875.
- vacillation idem, page 942.
- waiting idem, page 959.
- wavering idem, page 968.
Greek
Noun
τριβή • (triví) f (plural τριβές)
Declension
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η (zero grade)
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek first-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension
- Greek lemmas
- Greek nouns
- Greek feminine nouns
- Greek nouns declining like 'γραμμή'