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ματαιοπόνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ματαιοπόνος ματαιοπόνον

Structure: ματαιοπον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. labouring in vain

Examples

  • ματαιόπονοι δὲ καὶ ἀί̈δριεσ ὁκόσοι σικύην ἐσ τὸν ἀνθερεῶνα προσβάλλουσι ἐσ εὐρύτητα τοῦ στομάχου. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 195)

Synonyms

  1. labouring in vain

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

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