Hellas Alive Dictionary - ματαιος

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μάταιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μάταιος μάταιᾱ μάταιον

Structure: μαται (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ma/th

Sense

vain, empty, idle, trifling, frivolous
thoughtless, rash, irreverent, profane, impious, seriousness, gravity
idly, without ground

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	μάταιος	ματαίᾱ	μάταιον
	Genitive	ματαίου	ματαίᾱς	ματαίου
	Dative	ματαίῳ	ματαίᾱͅ	ματαίῳ
	Accusative	μάταιον	ματαίᾱν	μάταιον
	Vocative	μάταιε	ματαίᾱ	μάταιον
Dual	N/A/V	ματαίω	ματαίᾱ	ματαίω
Dual	G/D	ματαίοιν	ματαίαιν	ματαίοιν
Plural	Nominative	μάταιοι	μάταιαι	μάταια
	Genitive	ματαίων	ματαιῶν	ματαίων
	Dative	ματαίοις	ματαίαις	ματαίοις
	Accusative	ματαίους	ματαίᾱς	μάταια
	Vocative	μάταιοι	μάταιαι	μάταια

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	μάταιος ματαίου	ματαιώτερος ματαιωτέρου	ματαιώτατος ματαιωτάτου
Adverb	ματαίως	ματαιώτερον	ματαιώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

καὶ οὐ θύσουσιν ἔτι τὰσ θυσίασ αὐτῶν τοῖσ ματαίοισ, οἷσ αὐτοὶ ἐκπορνεύουσιν ὀπίσω αὐτῶν. νόμιμον αἰώνιον ἔσται ὑμῖν εἰσ τὰσ γενεὰσ ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 17:7)
ἀνθ̓ ὧν ὕψωσά σε ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ καὶ ἔδωκά σε ἡγούμενον ἐπὶ τὸν λαόν μου Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἐπορεύθησ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ Ἱεροβοὰμ καὶ ἐξήμαρτεσ τὸν λαόν μου τὸν Ἰσραήλ, τοῦ παροργίσαι με ἐν τοῖσ ματαίοισ αὐτῶν, (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 16:2)
περὶ πασῶν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν Βαασὰ καὶ Ἠλὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, ὡσ ἐξήμαρτε τὸν Ἰσραὴλ τοῦ παροργίσαι Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν Ἰσραὴλ ἐν τοῖσ ματαίοισ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 16:13)
καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἐν πάσῃ ὁδῷ Ἱεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ Ναβὰτ καὶ ἐν ταῖσ ἁμαρτίαισ αὐτοῦ, αἷσ ἐξήμαρτε τὸν Ἰσραὴλ τοῦ παροργίσαι τὸν Κύριον Θεὸν Ἰσραὴλ ἐν τοῖσ ματαίοισ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 16:26)
καὶ κατέστησεν ἑαυτῷ ἱερεῖσ τῶν ὑψηλῶν καὶ τοῖσ εἰδώλοισ καὶ τοῖσ ματαίοισ καὶ τοῖσ μόσχοισ, ἃ ἐποίησεν Ἱεροβοάμ, (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 11:15)

Synonyms

vain
- ἠλέματος (idle, vain, trifling)
- ἀποφώλιος (empty, vain, idle)
- ὑπηνέμιος (full of wind, wind-, vain)

ἀνόνητος (unprofitable)
ἀσύνετος (void of understanding)
δόξασμα (an opinion)
ἐξεύρημα (a thing found out)
ψευδόμαντις (a false prophet)
δυστέκμαρτος (hard to make out from the given signs)
προσποίησις (a taking something to oneself)
εἴκασμα (a likeness)
εἰκασμός (a conjecturing)
ἀλληλοφαγία (an eating one another)
κατάπτυστος (to be spat upon)
συνείδησις (consciousness)
ἐξεταστής (an examiner)
φείδομαι (to spare)
νουθέτημα (admonition)
φευκτέος (one must flee)
ἀντέχω (to hold against)
κακότεχνος (using bad arts or evil practices)
κολαστήριον (a house of correction)
διανόημα (a thought)
συντεταμένως (earnestly)
καύχημα (a boast)
ἄρνησις (denial)
εὐκάρδιος (good of heart)
διωκτέος (to be pursued)
εὔθηρος (lucky or successful in the chase)
ἐμμενετικός (disposed to abide)
ἐξαμαρτάνω (to err from the mark)
ἠθοποιός (forming character)
διεξέρχομαι (to go through)

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

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