μάτη

A. folly, fault, μάτας εἰπών speaking folly, Stesich. 47, cf. A. Ch. 918 (pl.); μάταισι πολυθρόοις with clamorous lewdness, Id. Supp. 820 (lyr.) (but expld. by Sch. as 'quest'); οὔ τί τοι μέτρον μάτας S. Fr. 798.
II. cf. μάτην ad fin.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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