μάτην — Cambridge Greek Lexicon

dial.μάτᾱνacc.advμάτη without achieving a resultineffectually, fruitlessly, to no avail, in vainhHom. Alcm. Pi. Hdt. Trag. without reason or purposeidly, at random, pointlessly, uselesslyEleg. Hdt. Trag.falsely, wrongly, deceptivelymistakenlyTrag. quasi-adjl.τὸ μάταν ... φροντίδος ἄχθοςthe futile burden of anxietyA.κόμποι μάτηνidle boastingE.

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in vain, idly, fruitlessly

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