ματία

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οὐ μακαριεῖς τὸν γέροντα, καθ' ὅσον γηράσκων τελευτᾷ, ἀλλ' εἰ τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς συμπεπλήρωται· ἕνεκα γὰρ χρόνου πάντες ἐσμὲν ἄωροι → do not count happy the old man who dies in old age, unless he is full of goods; in fact we are all unripe in regards to time

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Transliteration A: matía Transliteration B: matia Transliteration C: matia Beta Code: mati/a

English (LSJ)

Ion. -ιη, ἡ, (μάτη)

   A vain attempt, bootless enterprise, ἡμετέρῃ ματίῃ Od.10.79.    2 folly, error, A.R.1.805, 4.367.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

μᾰτία: Ἰων. -ίη, ἡ, (μάτη) ματαία ἐπιχείρησις, ἀνωφελής, ἄκαρπος ἐπιχείρησις, ἡμετέρῃ ματίῃ Ὀδ. Κ. 79· ― ἀφροσύνη, πλάνη, Ἀπολλ. Ρόδ. Α. 805., Δ. 367.