"μάτη" meaning in Ancient Greek

See μάτη in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /má.tɛː/, /ˈma.ti/, /ˈma.ti/, /má.tɛː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈma.te̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈma.ti/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈma.ti/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈma.ti/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: According to Beekes, there is no convincing etymology, partly due to the difficulty of ascertaining the word's original meaning (which was likely not "fault"). Some theories: * Related to Proto-Slavic *matati (“to reel, lure”), whence Polish matać (“to spool; to swindle, lie, deceive”) and Serbo-Croatian matati (“to allure, attract”). Beekes rejects this theory, perhaps due to the tenuous semantics. * Per Meier-Brugger, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to have in mind”), with negative connotations. This is neither semantically convincing nor unconvincing, though the supposed dropping of the nasal *n plus general formation would have to be explained. * Per Furnee, probably from a substrate (Pre-Greek), due to the semantic category of "stupid foolish". Etymology templates: {{unk|grc|no convincing etymology}} no convincing etymology, {{cog|sla-pro|*matati|t=to reel, lure}} Proto-Slavic *matati (“to reel, lure”), {{cog|pl|matać|t=to spool; to swindle, lie, deceive}} Polish matać (“to spool; to swindle, lie, deceive”), {{cog|sh|matati|t=to allure, attract}} Serbo-Croatian matati (“to allure, attract”), {{der|grc|ine-pro|*men-|t=to have in mind}} Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to have in mind”), {{der|grc|qfa-sub|-}} substrate, {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|μᾰ́της|f|first|head=μᾰ́τη}} μᾰ́τη • (mátē) f (genitive μᾰ́της); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μᾰ́τη|ης}} Forms: μᾰ́τη [canonical], mátē [romanization], μᾰ́της [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ μᾰ́τη [nominative, singular], τὼ μᾰ́τᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ μᾰ́ται [nominative, plural], τῆς μᾰ́της [genitive, singular], τοῖν μᾰ́ταιν [dual, genitive], τῶν μᾰτῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ μᾰ́τῃ [dative, singular], τοῖν μᾰ́ταιν [dative, dual], ταῖς μᾰ́ταις [dative, plural], τὴν μᾰ́την [accusative, singular], τὼ μᾰ́τᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς μᾰ́τᾱς [accusative, plural], μᾰ́τη [singular, vocative], μᾰ́τᾱ [dual, vocative], μᾰ́ται [plural, vocative]
  1. folly, fault Derived forms: μᾰ́ταιος (mátaios), μᾰ́την (mátēn)
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