μάτην

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

μᾰ́τᾱν (mátān) — Doric

Etymology

From μάτη (mátē, “folly, fault”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /má.tɛːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈma.te̝n/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.tin/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.tin/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈma.tin/

Adverb

μᾰ́την • (mátēn)

Further reading

“μάτην”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“μάτην”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
μάτην in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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