Ἐμάτησεν

dallied

Translated by Catharine Roth16 Feb 2007Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 7 words

[Meaning he/she/it] was careless,¹ worked in vain.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐμάτησεν· ἠμέλησεν, ἐματαιοπόνησεν.

Betacode

*)ema/thsen: h)me/lhsen, e)mataiopo/nhsen.

Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. The headword is aorist indicative active of mata/w, third person singular; quoted from Homer, Iliad 16.474, where it occurs (web address 1).