διατρίβω
Ancient Greek
verb
Definitions
- to rub hard; to wear away, fritter away, consume
- to spend time
- to be busy
- to waste time, delay
- to hinder
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek τρῑ́βω (rub) root from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (rub, turn, twist, bore, drill, rub by twisting, pierce, rub by turning, twisting, turnVerb, rub by twistVerb).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*terh₁-
Gloss
rub, turn, twist, bore, drill, rub by twisting, pierce, rub by turning, twisting, turnVerb, rub by twistVerb
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dētrītus Latin
- tarmes Latin
- tero Latin
- tersus Latin
- tribulum Latin
- trio Latin
- vorāre Latin
- διατριβή Ancient Greek
- τέρετρον Ancient Greek
- τείρω Ancient Greek
- τράγαινα Ancient Greek
- τράγινος Ancient Greek
- τράγιον Ancient Greek
- τράγος Ancient Greek
- τρίβανον Ancient Greek
- τρίβω Ancient Greek
- τραγοπώγων Ancient Greek
- τρώγω Ancient Greek
- τρώκτης Ancient Greek
- τρῆμα Ancient Greek
- τρῑ́βω Ancient Greek
- τόρνος Ancient Greek
- ἀτειρής Ancient Greek
- Ἀτρυτώνη Ancient Greek
- ὠμοτριβής Ancient Greek
- *terh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *terh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *torh₂no- Proto-Indo-European
- *tórmos Proto-Indo-European
- *þreskaną Proto-Germanic
- *þreskwaną, *þreskaną Proto-Germanic
- *þrēaną Proto-Germanic
- *þrēduz Proto-Germanic
- *terti Proto-Slavic
- taro Welsh
- *tarankyos Proto-Celtic
- *tarrV- Proto-Celtic
- *torr-V- Proto-Celtic
- *térh₁-tro-m Proto-Celtic