A.“-ψω” Hsch.: pf. “-τετρι^φα” Ar.Lys.952 : aor. 2 Pass. ἐπετρίβην [ι^] Id.Th.557, al.: fut. Med. in pass. sense, Luc.Icar. 33 (v.l. ἐπιτετρίψονται, as in Ar.Pax246) : —rub on the surface, crush, κἄπνιγε κἀπέτριβεν v.l. in Id.Nu.1376, cf. Ra.571:—Pass., “τυπτόμενον ἐπιτριβῆναι” Id.Nu.1408 ; ἐπιτριβόμενος τὸν ὦμον galled by the weight, Id.Ra.88.
2. metaph., afflict, destroy, “[ἥλιος] καίων ἐ. τούς τε ἀνθρώπους καὶ τὴν χώρην” Hdt.4.184 ; “γάμον ὅς μ᾽ ἐπέτριψεν” Ar.Nu. 438, cf. 243 ; “ταῦτά με ἐ. πόθῳ” Id.Lys.888 ; “ὀδύναις τινὰ ἐ.” X.Mem.1.3.12 ; “ἐ. τοὺς ἀπόρους” D.18.104 ; opp. σῴζειν, Men.Epit.550 ; of an actor, murder a part, D.18.180 ; “ἐ. Μένανδρον” Plu.2.531b:—Pass., to be utterly destroyed or undone, Sol.33.7, Ar.Ach.1022, Pax246,369 ; “ἐπιτριβείης” damn you ! Id.Av.1530, Th.557 ; “ἐπιτριβείην εἴ τι ἐψευσάμην” Luc.DMeretr.2.3 ; to be worried, Phld.Ir.p.27 W ; to be burdened, POxy.1252v32 (iii A.D.), etc.
3. c. dat., waste time over, “στοχαστικοῖς” Gal.15.172.
III. inflame by friction, ἐ. τὴν νόσον aggravate it, App.BC5.59, cf. Gal.19.680 ; irritate, excite, “τινά” Plb.4.84.8 ; “τινὰ ἐς πόλεμον” App.Mac.11.7, cf. PSI5.452.15 (iv A.D.).