ματαιοτεχνία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μᾰ́ταιος (mắtaios) +‎ τέχνη (tékhnē) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.tai̯.o.te.kʰní.aː/ → /ma.tɛ.o.teˈxni.a/ → /ma.te.o.teˈxni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.tai̯.o.te.kʰní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ma.tɛ.o.teˈkʰni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ma.tɛ.o.teˈxni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ma.te.o.teˈxni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ma.te.o.teˈxni.a/

Noun

μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱ • (mătaiotekhnĭ́ā) f (genitive μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. A useless art or skill.

Declension

First declension of ἡ μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱ hē mătaiotekhnĭ́ā	τὼ μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱ tṑ mătaiotekhnĭ́ā	αἱ μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́αι hai mătaiotekhnĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱς tês mătaiotekhnĭ́ās	τοῖν μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́αιν toîn mătaiotekhnĭ́ain	τῶν μᾰταιοτεχνῐῶν tôn mătaiotekhnĭôn
Dative	τῇ μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾳ têi mătaiotekhnĭ́āi	τοῖν μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́αιν toîn mătaiotekhnĭ́ain	ταῖς μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́αις taîs mătaiotekhnĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱν tḕn mătaiotekhnĭ́ān	τὼ μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱ tṑ mătaiotekhnĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱς tā̀s mătaiotekhnĭ́ās
Vocative	μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱ mătaiotekhnĭ́ā	μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱ mătaiotekhnĭ́ā	μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́αι mătaiotekhnĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: mataeotechny

References

• “ματαιοτεχνία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press