κατατρίβω

katatribōVerbG7939

to wear away

Full Lexicon Entry

1.to rub down or away; hence
2.of clothes, to wear out, (Theognis Elegiacus)
3.of persons, to wear out, exhaust, (Thucydides): —;Pass. to be quite worn out, (Aristophanes Comicus)
4.of Time, to wear it away, get rid of it, Lat. diem terere, (Demosthenes Orator): κ. *τὸν βίον *to employ it fully, (Xenophon Historicus); so in perfect passive to pass one's whole time, *κατατέτριμμαι στρατευόμενος *(Xenophon Historicus)
5.of property, to squander, (Xenophon Historicus)

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