ματαιότης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μᾰ́ταιος (mắtaios, “empty”) + -της (-tēs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ma.tai̯.ó.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ma.tɛˈo.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ma.tɛˈo.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ma.teˈo.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ma.teˈo.tis/
Noun
μᾰταιότης • (mătaiótēs) f (genitive μᾰταιότητος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μᾰταιότης hē mătaiótēs |
τὼ μᾰταιότητε tṑ mătaiótēte |
αἱ μᾰταιότητες hai mătaiótētes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μᾰταιότητος tês mătaiótētos |
τοῖν μᾰταιοτήτοιν toîn mătaiotḗtoin |
τῶν μᾰταιοτήτων tôn mătaiotḗtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μᾰταιότητῐ tēî mătaiótētĭ |
τοῖν μᾰταιοτήτοιν toîn mătaiotḗtoin |
ταῖς μᾰταιότησῐ / μᾰταιότησῐν taîs mătaiótēsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μᾰταιότητᾰ tḕn mătaiótētă |
τὼ μᾰταιότητε tṑ mătaiótēte |
τᾱ̀ς μᾰταιότητᾰς tā̀s mătaiótētăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μᾰταιότης mătaiótēs |
μᾰταιότητε mătaiótēte |
μᾰταιότητες mătaiótētes | ||||||||||
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References
- “ματαιότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ματαιότης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G3153 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ματαιότης (mataiótēs).
Noun
ματαιότης • (mataiótis) f
- Katharevousa form of ματαιότητα (mataiótita)
- ματαιότης ματαιοτήτων, τα πάντα ματαιότης
- mataiótis mataiotíton, ta pánta mataiótis
- Vanity of vanities; all is vanity. (Ecclesiastes)