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|Definition=(μάτην):—poet. Verb, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[to be idle]], [[dally]], ἀπέκοψε παρήορον οὐδὲ μάτησε <span class="bibl">Il.16.474</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">23.510</span>; <b class="b3">μὴ τὼ μὲν</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ἵππω</b>) δείσαντε ματήσετον <span class="bibl">5.233</span>; <b class="b3">οὐ ματᾷ τοὔργον</b> the work [[lags]] not, goes on apace, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>57</span>; <b class="b3">ματᾶν ὁδῷ</b> [[to loiter]] by the way, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>37</span>; <b class="b3">ἰδώμεθ', εἴ τι τοῦδε φροιμίου ματᾷ</b> [[is in vain]], [[is fruitless]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eu.</span>142</span>; of persons, [[fail of]] a thing, τινος <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>3.102</span>.</span>