τρίβω

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be very busy

1. to rub: to rub or thresh corn, (Iliad by Homer); μοχλὸν τρῖψαι ἐν ὀφθαλμῶι to work round the stake in his eye, (Odyssey by Homer); χρυσὸν βασάνωι τρ. to rub it on a touchstone, so as to test its purity (compare παρατρίβω), (Theognis Elegiacus):—;Mid., χρηστηρίοις ἐν τοῖσδε τρίβεσθαι μύσος to rub one's pollution upon these shrines, pollute them with it, (Aeschulus Tragicus) 2. to rub down, grind, pound , (Aristophanes Comicus), etc. 3. to crush , βότρυν (Aristophanes Comicus) 4. to wear out by rubbing : Pass., of a road, to wear or tread it smooth , ἀτραπὸς τετριμμένη (Aristophanes Comicus) 5. of Time, to wear away, spend , Lat. terere vitam , (Sophocles Tragicus):—; absolute to waste time, tarry , (Aeschulus Tragicus) 6. to waste or ravage a country, (Euripides) 7. metaphorically , 8. of persons, to wear out , (Hesiod): Pass. to be worn out , (Iliad by Homer):—;Mid., τρίψεσθαι αὐτὴν περὶ αὑτήν to wear itself out by internal struggles, (Thucydides):—;Pass., τριβόμενος ληός an oppressed people, (Herdotus Historicus) 9. of money and property, to waste, squander it, (Herdotus Historicus) 10. to use constantly , (Aristophanes Comicus) 11. Pass. to be much busied or engrossed with a thing, (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)