Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ματαιολόγος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ματαιολόγος ματαιολόγον

Structure: ματαιολογ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: le/gw

Sense

  1. talking idly, at random

Examples

  • "ἀλλὰ μάταν ἀχόρευτοσ ἅδε ματαιολόγων φάμα προσέπταθ’ Ἑλλάδα μουσοπόλων σοφᾶσ ἐπίφθονον βροτοῖσ τέχνασ ὄνειδοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 7 1:7)

Synonyms

  1. talking idly

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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