ματαιολογία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ματαιολόγος (mataiológos) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā), from μάταιος (mátaios) + λόγος (lógos).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.tai̯.o.lo.ɡí.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ma.tɛ.o.loˈɡi.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ma.tɛ.o.loˈʝi.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ma.te.o.loˈʝi.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ma.te.o.loˈʝi.a/

Mark the vowel length of the ambiguous vowel ί by adding a macron after it if it is long, or a breve if it is short. By default, Module:grc-pronunciation assumes it is short if unmarked.
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Noun

μᾰταιολογίᾱ • (mătaiologíā) f (genitive μᾰταιολογίᾱς); first declension

idle or empty talk, babble

Declension

First declension of ἡ μᾰταιολογῐ́ᾱ; τῆς μᾰταιολογῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μᾰταιολογῐ́ᾱ hē mătaiologĭ́ā	τὼ μᾰταιολογῐ́ᾱ tṑ mătaiologĭ́ā	αἱ μᾰταιολογῐ́αι hai mătaiologĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς μᾰταιολογῐ́ᾱς tês mătaiologĭ́ās	τοῖν μᾰταιολογῐ́αιν toîn mătaiologĭ́ain	τῶν μᾰταιολογῐῶν tôn mătaiologĭôn
Dative	τῇ μᾰταιολογῐ́ᾳ têi mătaiologĭ́āi	τοῖν μᾰταιολογῐ́αιν toîn mătaiologĭ́ain	ταῖς μᾰταιολογῐ́αις taîs mătaiologĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν μᾰταιολογῐ́ᾱν tḕn mătaiologĭ́ān	τὼ μᾰταιολογῐ́ᾱ tṑ mătaiologĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς μᾰταιολογῐ́ᾱς tā̀s mătaiologĭ́ās
Vocative	μᾰταιολογῐ́ᾱ mătaiologĭ́ā	μᾰταιολογῐ́ᾱ mătaiologĭ́ā	μᾰταιολογῐ́αι mătaiologĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹 (lausawaurdei) (calque)