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) (ML)
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katatribō · to wear away · Greek
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