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单词 μάταιος
释义

μάταιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μάτη (mátē, fault, folly).

Pronunciation

 
  • (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /má.tai̯.os/
  • (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈma.tɛ.os/
  • (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈma.tɛ.os/
  • (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈma.te.os/
  • (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈma.te.os/

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Adjective

μάταῐος (mátaios) m (feminine ματαίᾱ, neuter μάταῐον); first/second declension

  1. vain, empty, idle
  2. empty, foolish, worthless (of persons)
  3. rash, irreverent, profane

Inflection

Derived terms

Further reading

  • μάταιος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • μάταιος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • μάταιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μάταιος (mátaios)

Adjective

μάταιος (mátaios) m (feminine μάταιη, neuter μάταιο)

  1. futile, purposeless, pointless, in vain

Declension

  • ματαιότης (mataiótis)
  • ματαιότητα (mataiótita)

See also

  • άχρηστος (áchristos, useless, ineffective)
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