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1 μάτταβος
Grammatical information: adj.Meaning: ὁ μωρός. ματτάβης ἀπορῶν. ματταβεῖ περιβλέπει, ἀδημονεῖ. ματταβο\<ύ\> μενος μέλλων καὶ ἀποκνῶν H.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Popular word with slighting β-Suffix (Chantraine Form. 261 f., Specht Ursprung 264); after Chantr. to μάτη with expressive gemination. It may well be Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2,185Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μάτταβος
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2 μάτη
Grammatical information: f.Meaning: roughly `fault, folly' (Stesich., A., S.), also ματίη `id.' (κ 79, A. R.), metr. useful transformation (Porzig Satzinhalte 204 a. 70, Scheller Oxyronierung 39 w. n. 1). -- μάτην adv. `idly, vainly, without reason' (h. Cer.).Derivatives: 1. μάταιος `idly, empty, foolish, rash' (IA.) with ματαιό-της (hell.), - σύνη (Polem. Phgn.) `idleness etc.' and the denominatives: a) ( ἀπο-) ματαΐζω (Hdt., J.), ματᾳζω (A., S.; on the phonetics etc. Schwyzer 265 a. 736) `talk nonsense, act foolishly', also - αιάζω `id.' (hell.); b) ματαιόομαι, - όω `render to puposelessness, act foolishly' (LXX, NT) with ματαίωμα (Hermas). -- 2. ματάω, aor. ματῆσαι `do in vain, miss, be useless' (Il.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: The difficulty, to define exactly the original meaning of the verbal noun μά-τη (on its formation Fraenkel Nom. sg. 2, 115) and the fossilized acc. μάτην which originated from there (Schwyzer 621), makes searching for a convincing etymology almost impossible. The connection with some Slavic words, e.g. Pol. mat-am, mat-ać `swindel, turn, lie, deceive', Sbcr. mat-am, - ati `allure, attract' (Bq, WP. 2, 219f., Pok. 693 with Prellwitz and Zubatý) has clearly a minimal value; cf. Vasmer Wb. s. matošítь, where the Slavic words are estimated differently. S. also on μηνύω. Different proposals in Bq. - Fur. 88 n. 476 reminds that words for stupid, foolish are often Pre-Greek (also 242, 339; cf. ματταβος ὁ μωρός Η.; also words in - αιος are often Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2,185Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μάτη
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3 ματταβεῖ
ματταβεῖ· περιβλέπει, ἀδημονεῖ; also [full] ματταβόμενος· μέλλων καὶ ἀποκνῶν, [full] ματτάβης· ἀπορῶν, and [full] μάτταβος, ον,A = μωρός, Hsch.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ματταβεῖ
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μάτταβος — μάτταβος, ον (Α) (κατά τον Ησύχ.) ο μωρός. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Λ. τής αρχαίας προφορικής γλώσσας με επίθημα βος (πρβλ. κάννα βος, σκόλυ βος), πιθ. από μάτη,με εκφραστικό διπλασιασμό τού τ ] … Dictionary of Greek
