ἀποματαΐζω
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English (LSJ)
A behave idly or unseemly, euphem. for ἀποπέρδω, Hdt. 2.162, Favor. ap. Stob.4.50.25; cf. ἀποματαιάσαι· ἐξευτελίσαι, Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 314] sich unanständig aufführen, Her. 2, 162, einen Wind streichen lassen, wie Stob. fl. 115. 24.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀποματαΐζω: μέλλ. -ίσω, φέρομαι ἀπρεπῶς, πράττω ἄσεμνον πρᾶξιν, κατ’ εὐφημ. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀποπέρδομαι, ἐπάρας [δηλ. τὸ σκέλος] ἀπεματάϊσε Ἡρόδ. 2. 162, Φαβωρ. παρὰ Στοβ. 586. 43.
French (Bailly abrégé)
euphém. p. ἀποπέρδω, lâcher un vent.
Étymologie: ἀπό, μάταιος.
