ματάω
μᾰτάω,(
μάτην):—poet. Verb,
A). to be idle, dally,
ἀπέκοψε παρήορον οὐδὲ μάτησε Il. 16.474 , cf.
23.510 ;
μὴ τὼ μὲν (sc.
ἵππω)
δείσαντε ματήσετον 5.233 ;
οὐ ματᾷ τοὔργον the work
lags not, goes on apace,
A. Pr. 57 ;
ματᾶν ὁδῷ to loiter by the way,
Id. Th. 37 ;
ἰδώμεθ’, εἴ τι τοῦδε φροιμίου ματᾷ is in vain, is fruitless,
Id. Eu. 142 ; of persons,
fail of a thing,
τινος Opp. H. 3.102 .
ShortDef
to be idle, to dally, loiter, linger
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μᾰτάω</span>,(<span class="etym greek">μάτην</span>):—poet. Verb, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be idle, dally</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἀπέκοψε παρήορον οὐδὲ μάτησε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:474" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.474/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 16.474 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:510" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.510/canonical-url/"> 23.510 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μὴ τὼ μὲν</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">ἵππω</span>) <span class="quote greek"> δείσαντε ματήσετον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:233" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.233/canonical-url/"> 5.233 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">οὐ ματᾷ τοὔργον</span> the work <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lags</span> not, goes on apace, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:57" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:57/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 57 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ματᾶν ὁδῷ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to loiter</span> by the way, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 37 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἰδώμεθ’, εἴ τι τοῦδε φροιμίου ματᾷ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">is in vain, is fruitless</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:142" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:142/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 142 </a>; of persons, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fail of</span> a thing, <span class="itype greek">τινος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0023.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:102" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0023.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.102/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Opp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">H.</span> 3.102 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}