μάτι
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Etymology
Inherited from Byzantine Greek μάτιν (mátin), from Ancient Greek ὀμμάτιον (ommátion), diminutive of ὄμμα (ómma, “eye”).
Pronunciation
Noun
μάτι • (máti) n (plural μάτια)
- (anatomy, biology) eye
- (figuratively) burner (element on a kitchen stove)
Declension
Declension of μάτι
Synonyms
- (anatomy): οφθαλμός m (ofthalmós) (medical term)
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- καλύπτρα ματιού f (kalýptra matioú, “eye patch”)
- μάτια μου (mátia mou, “darling, my dearest”)
- σκιά ματιών f (skiá matión, “eye shadow”)
Proverbs:
- άλλα τα μάτια του λαγού κι άλλα της κουκουβάγιας (álla ta mátia tou lagoú ki álla tis koukouvágias, “apples and oranges”) (literally: the hare's eyes are one and the owl's are another)
- έχω τα μάτια μου δεκατέσσερα (écho ta mátia mou dekatéssera, “to keep one's eyes peeled”) (literally: "to have one's eyes fourteen")
Related terms
- αμάτιαστος (amátiastos, “not casting or affected by the evil eye”)
- κατάματα (katámata, “right in the eyes”, adverb)
- μάτιασμα n (mátiasma, “the evil eye”)
- ματάκι n (matáki, diminutive)
- ματάκιας m (matákias, “peeping Tom”)
- ματάρα f (matára, augmentative)
- ματιά f (matiá, “look, glance”)
- ματιάζω (matiázo, “to cast the evil eye”)
- ματοτσίνορο n (matotsínoro, “eyelash”)
- ματόκλαδο n (matóklado, “eyelash”)
- ματόχαντρο n (matóchantro, “bead against evil eye”)
Further reading
- μάτι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
μάτι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
