Ἐμματάζων
talking foolishly
Translated by Catharine Roth16 Feb 2007Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he] speaking idly.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐμματάζων· ματαιολογῶν.
Betacode
*)emmata/zwn: mataiologw=n.
Notes
- Present participle(s) in the masculine nominative singular; same glossing in other lexica.
The headword should be spelled with iota subscript (see LSJ s.v.):e)mmata/|zwn . Hesychius epsilon2361 hase)mmataia/zwn , and in that form it might be quoted from Gregory of Nyssa, who has the only three extant instances outside Hesychius.
cf. epsilon 930, mu 276.