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Headword:
*ma/taion.
*ma/thn
Adler number: mu,278
Translated headword: vain, empty, foolish
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] vainly.[1]
[Also attested is] ma/thn, used differently. Ionians [sc. use it so].[2]
Greek Original:*ma/taion. *ma/thn, matai/ws. *ma/thn, a)/llws. *)/iwnes.
Notes:
[1] The twin headwords (given a single translation here) are
ma/taion and
ma/thn. The latter is a poetic adverb, originally the accusative of
ma/th "folly". (The Doric form is
ma/tan:
Alcman,
Pindar, tragic lyrics.) See also
Photius mu143 Theodoridis.
[2] cf.
Photius mu144 Theodoridis.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 24 April 2009@01:07:22.
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