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μάταιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μάταιος μάταιᾱ μάταιον

Structure: μαται (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ma/th

Sense

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

Synonyms

  1. vain

Related

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

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