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. Ι 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) grate, grind
    τρίβω το τυρί ― trívo to tyrí ― grate the cheese
  2. 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, “I am constantly at a certain place”)
  • εντριβή f (entriví, “rubbing of skin”)
  • κατατρίβομαι (katatrívomai, “I exhause myself 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, “Ι 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, “I linger”)

See also

  • (similar meaning) θραύω (thrávo, “I break”)
  • (similar form and sound, paronym) στρίβω (strívo, “I twist, turn”)
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