μάταιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[μᾰ], α, ον</b> <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>331</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>442</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ag.</span>422</span> (lyr.), etc.; also ος, ον ib.<span class="bibl">1151</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span>82</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>337</span> (all lyr.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>780</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>628</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span> 231b</span>, <span class="bibl">D.1.18</span>: ([[μάτη]]):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> [[vain]], [[empty]], [[idle]]: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> of words, acts, etc., μάταια νομίζομεν <span class="bibl">Thgn.141</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">487</span>,<span class="bibl">492</span>, etc.; [[μάταιοι λόγοι]] = [[idle tales]] or [[idle words]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.10</span>. ή [[μάταια ἔπεα]] ib.''ΙΙ''; δόξαι φέρουσαι χάριν μ. <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Ag.</span>422</span> (lyr.); μάταια ὑλάγματα, ποιφύγματα, ib.<span class="bibl">1672</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>281</span>; ματαία [[εὐχή]] E.l.c.; μάταια βάζειν τινά Id.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>119; μ. τι δρᾶσαί τινα Id.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>662 (lyr.); μ. ἂν εἴη πόνος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>40d</span>; ματαία [[ἡδονή]] S.l.c.; δοξοσοφία Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span> [[l.c.]]; ὄρεξις <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1094a21</span>; [[τὰ μάταια ἀναλώματα]] = [[useless expenses]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>58.20</span> (iii A.D.); but also, [[μάταιον ἔπος]] = [[a word of offence]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.120</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of persons, [[empty]], [[foolish]], ματαιότεροι νόον <span class="bibl">Thgn.1025</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.173</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>863</span>,<span class="bibl">888</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>338</span>, <span class="bibl">Amips.9</span> (Sup.); [[φῦλον]] ματαιότατον <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.21</span>; [[worthless]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1339</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[rash]], [[irreverent]], [[profane]], freq. in A., [[ματαία γλῶσσα]] <span class="title">Pr.</span>l.c., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ag.</span>1662</span> (troch.); φρονήματα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>438</span>; [[αὐτουργίαι μάταιαι]], of matricide and the like, <span class="title">Eu.</span>l.c.; [[χαρὰ ματαία]] = [[mad merriment]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>442</span>; μ. ἀνοσίων τε κνωδάλων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Supp.</span>762</span>; [[τὸ μὴ μάταιον]] = [[seriousness]], [[gravity]], ib.<span class="bibl">198</span>; [[ψαύειν]] ματαίαις χερσί <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span> 565</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[ματαίως]] = [[idly]], [[without ground]], ib.<span class="bibl">940</span>, <span class="bibl">Emp.39.2</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>908.4</span>; [[ὀχλεῖν]] τοῖς ἀνθρώποις <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.6.1</span>; [[ματαίως ἐρεῖν]] = [[speak to no purpose]], [[speak in vain]] <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>331d</span>; ταλαιπωρῆσαι Polystr.<span class="bibl">p.31</span> W.</span>