"τριβάς" meaning in Ancient Greek

See τριβάς in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tri.bás/, /triˈβas/, /triˈvas/, /tri.bás/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /triˈbas/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /triˈβas/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /triˈvas/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /triˈvas/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From τρίβω (tríbō, “to rub”) + -άς (-ás). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|τρίβω|-άς|t1=to rub}} τρίβω (tríbō, “to rub”) + -άς (-ás) Head templates: {{grc-noun|τρῐβᾰ́ς|τρῐβᾰδός|f|third}} τρῐβᾰ́ς • (trĭbắs) f (genitive τρῐβᾰδός); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|τρῐβᾰ́ς|τριβαδος|form=F}} Forms: τρῐβᾰ́ς [canonical], trĭbắs [romanization], τρῐβᾰδός [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ τρῐβᾰ́ς [nominative, singular], τρῐβᾰ́δε [dual, nominative], αἱ τρῐβᾰ́δες [nominative, plural], τῆς τρῐβᾰ́δος [genitive, singular], τρῐβᾰ́δοιν [dual, genitive], τρῐβᾰ́δων [genitive, plural], τῇ τρῐβᾰ́δῐ [dative, singular], τρῐβᾰ́δοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς τρῐβᾰ́σῐ [dative, plural], τρῐβᾰ́σῐν [dative, plural], taîs trĭbắsĭ [dative, plural], taîs trĭbắsĭn [dative, plural], τὴν τρῐβᾰ́δᾰ [accusative, singular], τρῐβᾰ́δε [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς τρῐβᾰ́δᾰς [accusative, plural], τρῐβᾰ́ς [singular, vocative], τρῐβᾰ́δε [dual, vocative], τρῐβᾰ́δες [plural, vocative]
  1. lesbian, woman who has sex with women
    Sense id: en-τριβάς-grc-noun-1cnUBozu Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -άς, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Female people, LGBTQ Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18 Disambiguation of Female people: 100 0 Disambiguation of LGBTQ: 73 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /tri.bǎːs/, /triˈβas/, /triˈvas/, /tri.bǎːs/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /triˈbas/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /triˈβas/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /triˈvas/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /triˈvas/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: τρῐβᾱ́ς [canonical], trĭbā́s [romanization]
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{grc-noun form|τρῐβᾱ́ς}} τρῐβᾱ́ς • (trĭbā́s)
  1. accusative plural of τρῐβή (trĭbḗ) Tags: accusative, form-of, plural Form of: τρῐβή (extra: trĭbḗ)
    Sense id: en-τριβάς-grc-noun-OuMXN4Cc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek non-lemma forms",
    "Ancient Greek noun forms",
    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "grc:Female people",
    "grc:LGBTQ"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
      "name": "nonlemma"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "τρῐβᾱ́ς",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trĭbā́s",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τρῐβᾱ́ς"
      },
      "expansion": "τρῐβᾱ́ς • (trĭbā́s)",
      "name": "grc-noun form"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "trĭbḗ",
          "word": "τρῐβή"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "accusative plural of τρῐβή (trĭbḗ)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "τρῐβή",
          "τριβή#Ancient_Greek"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tri.bǎːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/triˈβas/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/triˈvas/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tri.bǎːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/triˈbas/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/triˈβas/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/triˈvas/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/triˈvas/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "τριβάς"
}

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