μάτην
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- μᾰ́τᾱν (mátān) – Doric
Etymology
From μάτη (mátē, “folly, fault”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /má.tɛːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈma.te̝n/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈma.tin/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈma.tin/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈma.tin/
Adverb
μᾰ́την • (mátēn)
- in vain, fruitlessly
- at random, without reason
- idly, falsely
Further reading
- “μάτην”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μάτην”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μάτην in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette