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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

διὰ τοῦτο δώσεισ ἐξαποστελλομένουσ ἕωσ κληρονομίασ Γὲθ οἴκουσ ματαίουσ. εἰσ κενὸν ἐγένοντο τοῖσ βασιλεῦσι τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, (Septuagint, Prophetia Michaeae 1:14)
ἀλλ’ ἀποστέλλου χθονόσ, λόγουσ ματαίουσ οὕσπερ ἠνέγκω λαβών. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 5:33)
πόθεν ἐπισσύτουσ θεοφόρουσ τ’ ἔχεισ ματαίουσ δύασ, τὰ δ’ ἐπίφοβα δυσφάτῳ κλαγγᾷ μελοτυπεῖσ ὁμοῦ τ’ ὀρθίοισ ἐν νόμοισ; (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, choral, antistrophe 64)
ἥ τε γὰρ Πυθία νόμῳ πόλεωσ ἀναιρεῖ ποιοῦντασ εὐσεβῶσ ἂν ποιεῖν, Σωκράτησ τε οὕτω καὶ αὐτὸσ ἐποίει καὶ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ παρῄνει, τοὺσ δὲ ἄλλωσ πωσ ποιοῦντασ περιέργουσ καὶ ματαίουσ ἐνόμιζεν εἶναι. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 3 2:3)
καὶ τῶν κυνῶν τῶν εὐφυεστάτων, φιλοπόνων τε οὐσῶν καὶ ἐπιθετικῶν τοῖσ θηρίοισ, τὰσ μὲν καλῶσ ἀχθείσασ ἀρίστασ γίγνεσθαι πρὸσ τὰσ θήρασ καὶ χρησιμωτάτασ, ἀναγώγουσ δὲ γιγνομένασ ματαίουσ τε καὶ μανιώδεισ καὶ δυσπειθεστάτασ. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 1 4:2)

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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