ματαιοτεχνία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μᾰ́ταιος (mátaios) +‎ τέχνη (tékhnē) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

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 • (mataiotekhníā) 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 mataiotekhníā	τὼ μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱ tṑ mataiotekhníā	αἱ μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́αι hai mataiotekhníai
Genitive	τῆς μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱς tês mataiotekhníās	τοῖν μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́αιν toîn mataiotekhníain	τῶν μᾰταιοτεχνῐῶν tôn mataiotekhniôn
Dative	τῇ μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾳ têi mataiotekhníāi	τοῖν μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́αιν toîn mataiotekhníain	ταῖς μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́αις taîs mataiotekhníais
Accusative	τὴν μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱν tḕn mataiotekhníān	τὼ μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱ tṑ mataiotekhníā	τᾱ̀ς μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱς tā̀s mataiotekhníās
Vocative	μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱ mataiotekhníā	μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́ᾱ mataiotekhníā	μᾰταιοτεχνῐ́αι mataiotekhníai
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