ματηρεύειν μα

ματηρεύω

pres inf act (attic epic)

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `search, seek, strive to' (Ξ 110);

Other forms: ματέω in μάτης (Theoc. 29, 15; Aeol. *μάτημι), ματεῖ ζητεῖ, ματῆσαι μαστεῦσαι, ζητῆσαι, μάσσαι ζητῆσαι H., ματεῖσθαι ζητεῖσθαι (Hp. ap. Erot.).

Compounds: Also with preflx ἐσ- ματέομαι, - μάσασθαι (Hp.), ἐμ-, κατ-εμ-ματέω (Nik.) `feel in, stick in (the hand, the sting)'.

Derivatives: μάτος n. `investigation' (Hp. ap. Gal.), ματήρ ἐπίσκοπος, ἐπιζητῶν, ἐρευνητής with ματηρεύειν μα\<σ\> τεύειν, ζητεῖν H.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: To ματέω, from where prob. secondarily ματεύω (cf. Schwyzer 732), agree formally δατέομαι, πατέομαι; so we have probably to start from a nominal τ-stem (see Schwyzer 705 f.; cf. also Bechtel Lex. s. ματεύω). The verbal nouns ἄ-δασ-τος, ἄ-πασ-τος have a parallel in ἀ-προτί-μαστος; to the aorists δάσ(σ)ασθαι, πάσ(σ)ασθαι comform - μάσ(σ)ασθαι, μάσσαι. So the verbal σ-forms just like the nominal μαστύς, μαστήρ, μάστιξ etc., also μάσμα, can be connected with ματέω. From these σ-forms also μαστεύω may have got its σ. With δατέομαι: δαίομαι compare ματέω: μαίομαι. But while we have for the explanation of δαίομαι certain comparanda outside Greek, μαίομαι has no certain analysis; cf. s. v.

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