μάταιος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μάτη (mátē, “fault, folly”) + -αιος (-aios).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /má.tai̯.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈma.tɛ.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈma.tɛ.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈma.te.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈma.te.os/
Adjective
μάταιος • (mátaios) m (feminine μᾰταίᾱ, neuter μάταιον); first/second declension
- vain, futile, empty, idle
- Synonym: μέλεος (méleos)
- (of persons) empty, foolish, worthless
- rash, irreverent, profane
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | μᾰ́ταιος mắtaios |
μᾰταίᾱ mătaíā |
μᾰ́ταιον mắtaion |
μᾰταίω mătaíō |
μᾰταίᾱ mătaíā |
μᾰταίω mătaíō |
μᾰ́ταιοι mắtaioi |
μᾰ́ταιαι mắtaiai |
μᾰ́ταιᾰ mắtaiă | |||||
| Genitive | μᾰταίου mătaíou |
μᾰταίᾱς mătaíās |
μᾰταίου mătaíou |
μᾰταίοιν mătaíoin |
μᾰταίαιν mătaíain |
μᾰταίοιν mătaíoin |
μᾰταίων mătaíōn |
μᾰταίων mătaíōn |
μᾰταίων mătaíōn | |||||
| Dative | μᾰταίῳ mătaíōi |
μᾰταίᾳ mătaíāi |
μᾰταίῳ mătaíōi |
μᾰταίοιν mătaíoin |
μᾰταίαιν mătaíain |
μᾰταίοιν mătaíoin |
μᾰταίοις mătaíois |
μᾰταίαις mătaíais |
μᾰταίοις mătaíois | |||||
| Accusative | μᾰ́ταιον mắtaion |
μᾰταίᾱν mătaíān |
μᾰ́ταιον mắtaion |
μᾰταίω mătaíō |
μᾰταίᾱ mătaíā |
μᾰταίω mătaíō |
μᾰταίους mătaíous |
μᾰταίᾱς mătaíās |
μᾰ́ταιᾰ mắtaiă | |||||
| Vocative | μᾰ́ταιε mắtaie |
μᾰταίᾱ mătaíā |
μᾰ́ταιον mắtaion |
μᾰταίω mătaíō |
μᾰταίᾱ mătaíā |
μᾰταίω mătaíō |
μᾰ́ταιοι mắtaioi |
μᾰ́ταιαι mắtaiai |
μᾰ́ταιᾰ mắtaiă | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| μᾰταίως mătaíōs |
μᾰταιότερος mătaióteros |
μᾰταιότᾰτος mătaiótătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ματᾴζω (matāízō)
- ματαιοβαστάκτης (mataiobastáktēs)
- ματαιόκομπος (mataiókompos)
- ματαιοκοπία (mataiokopía)
- ματαιολογέω (mataiologéō)
- ματαιολογία (mataiología)
- ματαιολόγος (mataiológos)
- ματαιολοιχός (mataioloikhós)
- ματαιομοχθέω (mataiomokhthéō)
- ματαιοποιός (mataiopoiós)
- ματαιοπονέω (mataioponéō)
- ματαιοπόνημα (mataiopónēma)
- ματαιοπονία (mataioponía)
- ματαιοπόνος (mataiopónos)
- ματαιοπραγέω (mataiopragéō)
- ματαιοπώγων (mataiopṓgōn)
- ματαιοσύνη (mataiosúnē)
- ματαιότεκνος (mataióteknos)
- ματαιοτεχνία (mataiotekhnía)
- ματαιότης (mataiótēs)
- ματαιουργός (mataiourgós)
- ματαιόφημος (mataióphēmos)
- ματαιοφρονέω (mataiophronéō)
- ματαιοφροσύνη (mataiophrosúnē)
- ματαιόφρων (mataióphrōn)
- ματαιοφωνία (mataiophōnía)
- ματαιόφωνος (mataióphōnos)
- ματαιόω (mataióō)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μάτη (> DER > 1. μάταιος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 913-4
Further reading
- “μάταιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μάταιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μάταιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μάταιος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μάταιος (mátaios).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈma.te.os/ - compare to ματαίως (mataíos)
- Hyphenation: μά‧ται‧ος
Adjective
μάταιος • (mátaios) m (feminine μάταιη, neuter μάταιο)
- futile, purposeless, pointless, in vain
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
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| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | μάταιος (mátaios) | μάταιη (mátaii) | μάταιο (mátaio) | μάταιοι (mátaioi) | μάταιες (mátaies) | μάταια (mátaia) | |
| genitive | μάταιου (mátaiou) | μάταιης (mátaiis) | μάταιου (mátaiou) | μάταιων (mátaion) | μάταιων (mátaion) | μάταιων (mátaion) | |
| accusative | μάταιο (mátaio) | μάταιη (mátaii) | μάταιο (mátaio) | μάταιους (mátaious) | μάταιες (mátaies) | μάταια (mátaia) | |
| vocative | μάταιε (mátaie) | μάταιη (mátaii) | μάταιο (mátaio) | μάταιοι (mátaioi) | μάταιες (mátaies) | μάταια (mátaia) | |
Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο μάταιος, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο μάταιος, etc.)
Derivations: relative superlative: ο + comparative forms (eg "ο ματαιότερος", etc)
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Related terms
Compounds:
- ματαιοδοξία f (mataiodoxía)
- ματαιόδοξος (mataiódoxos)
- ματαιοπονία f (mataioponía)
- ματαιπονώ (mataiponó)
See also
- άχρηστος (áchristos, “useless, ineffective”)
Further reading
- μάταιος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language