ματαιοτεχνία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μᾰ́ταιος (mắtaios) + τέχνη (tékhnē) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ma.tai̯.o.te.kʰní.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ma.tɛ.o.teˈkʰni.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ma.tɛ.o.teˈxni.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ma.te.o.teˈxni.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ma.te.o.teˈxni.a/
Noun
μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱ • (mătaiotekhnĭ́ā) f (genitive μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- A useless art or skill.
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱ hē mătaiotekhnĭ́ā |
τὼ μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱ tṑ mătaiotekhnĭ́ā |
αἱ μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́αι hai mătaiotekhnĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱς tês mătaiotekhnĭ́ās |
τοῖν μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́αιν toîn mătaiotekhnĭ́ain |
τῶν μᾰταιοτεχνῐῶν tôn mătaiotekhnĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾳ tēî mătaiotekhnĭ́āi |
τοῖν μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́αιν toîn mătaiotekhnĭ́ain |
ταῖς μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́αις taîs mătaiotekhnĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱν tḕn mătaiotekhnĭ́ān |
τὼ μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱ tṑ mătaiotekhnĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱς tā̀s mătaiotekhnĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱ mătaiotekhnĭ́ā |
μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱ mătaiotekhnĭ́ā |
μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́αι mătaiotekhnĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- English: mataeotechny
References
- “ματαιοτεχνία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press