Μάψ

in vain

Translated by Catharine Roth25 Apr 2009Vetting: high4 revisions

2 words

[Meaning] vainly/fruitlessly.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μάψ· ματαίως.

Betacode

*ma/y: matai/ws.

Notes

Epic adverb; same or similar glossing in other lexica (see the references at Photius mu158 Theodoridis) and in a scholion on Homer, Iliad 2.120, where it occurs (web address 1). According to Chantraine, the etymology is unknown.
cf. mu 312.

References

P. Chantraine, Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque ed. 2, 2009.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

μ312Μαψίδιονvain, false[Meaning someting] foolish, abundant, difficult, great, terrible, voluntary. Also [sc. attested is the adverb] mayidi/ws [sc. applied] similarly.

Neighbouring entries

μ309ΜάχομαιI battle, I fight, I quarrel μ310Μαχόμενονconflicting with, contradicting μ311Μάψin vain μ312Μαψίδιονvain, false μ313Μαῖαmother, midwife

Revision history4 revisions · last 10 May 2013

10 May 2013upgraded link — Catharine Roth
9 May 2013Revised — David Whitehead
1 May 2009expanded note — Catharine Roth
27 Apr 2009x-ref — David Whitehead
25 Apr 2009Translated — Catharine Roth