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Ἐκτριβήσεται · will be rubbed out (ε 688) · Suda

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Near ε688

ε684extraordinarii
ε685I over-dramatize, I exaggerate, I make a production of
ε686I throw over the head, I break the neck
ε687I turn aside
ε688will be rubbed out
ε689I expunge, I rub out
ε690it is hanging by a hair
ε691to bore out
ε692worn-out

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε688

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Ἐκτριβήσεται

will be rubbed out

Translated by Catharine Roth30 Jan 2007Vetting: high4 revisions

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1 note · 54 words

Translation

[Meaning he/she/it] will wear away in misfortunes; or will perish. The metaphor [comes] from silver or bronze or other such utensils being polished; when these are rubbed frequently in being washed they are reduced [sc. in weight]. Sophocles [writes]: "there is no one of mortals who will ever be rubbed out worse than you."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐκτριβήσεται· διατρίψει ἐν τοῖς κακοῖς· ἢ ἀπολεῖται. ἡ μεταφορὰ ἀπὸ τῶν σμηχομένων ἀργυρῶν ἢ χαλκῶν ἢ ἄλλων τοιούτων σκευῶν, ἅπερ ἐν τῷ πλύνεσθαι σφόδρα τριβόμενα ἐλαττοῦται. Σοφοκλῆς· σοῦ γὰρ οὐκ ἔστι βροτῶν κάκιον ὅστις ἐκτριβήσεταί ποτε.

Betacode

*)ektribh/setai: diatri/yei e)n toi=s kakoi=s: h)\ a)polei=tai. h( metafora\ a)po\ tw=n smhxome/nwn a)rgurw=n h)\ xalkw=n h)\ a)/llwn toiou/twn skeuw=n, a(/per e)n tw=| plu/nesqai sfo/dra tribo/mena e)lattou=tai. *sofoklh=s: sou= ga\r ou)k e)/sti brotw=n ka/kion o(/stis e)ktribh/setai/ pote.

Notes (1)

The headword -- future passive of e)ktri/bw, third person singular (cf. epsilon 689) -- is extracted from the quotation.
1Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 427-8 (web address 1), with scholion.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

ε689ἘκτρίβωI expunge, I rub out[Used] with an accusative.

Neighbouring entries

ε686ἘκτραχηλίζωI throw over the head, I break the neck ε687ἘκτρέπωI turn aside ε688Ἐκτριβήσεταιwill be rubbed out ε689ἘκτρίβωI expunge, I rub out ε690Ἐκ τριχὸς κρέματαιit is hanging by a hair

Revision history4 revisions · last 12 Dec 2015

12 Dec 2015cosmetics — David Whitehead
10 Aug 2012upgraded link — Catharine Roth
10 Aug 2012more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
30 Jan 2007cosmetics — David Whitehead
30 Jan 2007Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐκτριβήσεται (Adler number epsilon 688), trans. Catharine Roth, 30 Jan 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/688

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗