Lexical Definition

‎τρίβος‎ tríbos (tree'-bos) path ^G:N-F
from (to "rub"

path.

• akin to , , and the base of ‎τράγος‎, ‎τραῦμα‎)
• a rut or worn track

Abbott-Smith

τρίβος, -ου, -ἡ (< τρίβω), [in LXX for מְסִלָּה, נָתִיב, etc. ;]
a beaten track, a path: Mt 3:3, Mk 1:3, Lk 3:4 (LXX).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

τρίβος [ῐ], ἡ,

but ὁ in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: (τρίβω):— worn or beaten track, ἐν τρίβῳ μάλιστα οἰκημένοι in the path (of the war), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τ. τῆς ἀτραποῦ the track of the path, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; διασχισθέντες [τῆς ὁδοῦ] τρίβῳ τινί by following a track, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 metaphorically, path, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]track, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II rubbing, attrition, [Refs]; τ. κρηπῖδος the rubbing of a shoe, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 socket, friction-joint, ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ βραχίονος.. τρίβον ἑωυτῇ πεποιημένη [Refs 5th c.BC+]; area of friction or pressure of a bandage, [Refs]
__II.3 delay, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III bodily exercise, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]