ματαιοτεχνία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μᾰ́ταιος (mátaios) + τέχνη (tékhnē) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ma.tai̯.o.te.kʰní.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ma.tɛ.o.teˈkʰni.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ma.tɛ.o.teˈxni.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ma.te.o.teˈxni.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ma.te.o.teˈxni.a/
Noun
μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱ • (mataiotekhníā) f (genitive μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- A useless art or skill.
Declension
First declension of ἡ μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱ hē mataiotekhníā | τὼ μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱ tṑ mataiotekhníā | αἱ μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́αι hai mataiotekhníai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱς tês mataiotekhníās | τοῖν μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́αιν toîn mataiotekhníain | τῶν μᾰταιοτεχνῐῶν tôn mataiotekhniôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾳ têi mataiotekhníāi | τοῖν μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́αιν toîn mataiotekhníain | ταῖς μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́αις taîs mataiotekhníais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱν tḕn mataiotekhníān | τὼ μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱ tṑ mataiotekhníā | τᾱ̀ς μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱς tā̀s mataiotekhníās | ||||||||||
Vocative | μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱ mataiotekhníā | μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱ mataiotekhníā | μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́αι mataiotekhníai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- English: mataeotechny
References
- “ματαιοτεχνία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press