in vain
From LSJ
νέῳ δὲ σιγᾶν μᾶλλον ἢ λαλεῖν πρέπει → it's fitting for a young man to keep silence rather than to speak (Menander)
English > Greek (Woodhouse Extra)
μάτην, ἄλλως, ἐν κενοῖς, ἄκραντα, ματαίως, διὰ κενῆς, εἰκῇ
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