μάτταβος
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek and related to μάτη (mátē, “folly”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mát.ta.bos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmat.ta.bos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmat.ta.βos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmat.ta.vos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈma.ta.vos/
Adjective
[edit]μάτταβος • (máttabos)
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: μωρός (mōrós, “stupid, dull, sluggish”).
Further reading
[edit]- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Hesychius' Lexicon: μ