ματαιόομαι
From LSJ
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
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μᾰταιόομαι: Παθ., ἀπατῶμαι, Μελέτ. ἐν. Ἀνεκ. Ὀξων. τ. 3. σ. 5· μεματαίωταί σοι, ἔχεις πράξει ἀνοήτως, Ἑβδ. (Α΄ Σαμ. ΙΓ΄, 13)· ― οὐσιαστ. ματαίωσις, εως, ἡ, Ἀθανάσ. τ. 1, σ. 1041Α.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ματαιόομαι: становиться суетным (ἔν τινι NT).