"μα το Θεό" meaning in Greek

See μα το Θεό in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ˈma to θeˈo/ Forms: μα το Θεό ! [canonical], ma to Theó! [romanization]
Etymology: μα (ma, oath particle) + accusative case as the singular τον (ton) θεό (theó). Also see Ancient Greek μὰ τὼ θεώ (mà tṑ theṓ) with dual number for θεός (theós), referring to Demeter and Persephone. Etymology templates: {{m+|grc|μὰ τὼ θεώ}} Ancient Greek μὰ τὼ θεώ (mà tṑ theṓ) Head templates: {{head|el|interjection|head=μα το Θεό!}} μα το Θεό! • (ma to Theó!)
  1. (informal) in the name of God Tags: informal
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μὰ τὼ θεώ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μὰ τὼ θεώ (mà tṑ theṓ)",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "μα (ma, oath particle) + accusative case as the singular τον (ton) θεό (theó). Also see Ancient Greek μὰ τὼ θεώ (mà tṑ theṓ) with dual number for θεός (theós), referring to Demeter and Persephone.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "μα το Θεό !",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ma to Theó!",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "interjection",
        "head": "μα το Θεό!"
      },
      "expansion": "μα το Θεό! • (ma to Theó!)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Greek",
  "lang_code": "el",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greek links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greek links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              71,
              81
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              70,
              79
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              97,
              115
            ]
          ],
          "english": "\"Helen got married.\" \"What are you telling me?\" (cannot believe it) \"I speak the truth. I swear, in the name of God.\"",
          "roman": "— I Eléni pantréftike. —Ti mou les? — Alítheia sou léo. St’ orkízomai, ma to theó.",
          "text": "— Η Ελένη παντρεύτηκε. —Τι μου λες; — Αλήθεια σου λέω. Στ’ ορκίζομαι, μα το θεό.",
          "translation": "\"Helen got married.\" \"What are you telling me?\" (cannot believe it) \"I speak the truth. I swear, in the name of God.\"",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in the name of God"
      ],
      "id": "en-μα_το_Θεό-el-intj-oSzCgf-p",
      "links": [
        [
          "in",
          "in"
        ],
        [
          "the",
          "the"
        ],
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ],
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ],
        [
          "God",
          "God"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) in the name of God"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma to θeˈo/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μα το Θεό"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μὰ τὼ θεώ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μὰ τὼ θεώ (mà tṑ theṓ)",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "μα (ma, oath particle) + accusative case as the singular τον (ton) θεό (theó). Also see Ancient Greek μὰ τὼ θεώ (mà tṑ theṓ) with dual number for θεός (theós), referring to Demeter and Persephone.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "μα το Θεό !",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ma to Theó!",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "interjection",
        "head": "μα το Θεό!"
      },
      "expansion": "μα το Θεό! • (ma to Theó!)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Greek",
  "lang_code": "el",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Greek informal terms",
        "Greek interjections",
        "Greek lemmas",
        "Greek links with manual fragments",
        "Greek links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Greek multiword terms",
        "Greek terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              71,
              81
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              70,
              79
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              97,
              115
            ]
          ],
          "english": "\"Helen got married.\" \"What are you telling me?\" (cannot believe it) \"I speak the truth. I swear, in the name of God.\"",
          "roman": "— I Eléni pantréftike. —Ti mou les? — Alítheia sou léo. St’ orkízomai, ma to theó.",
          "text": "— Η Ελένη παντρεύτηκε. —Τι μου λες; — Αλήθεια σου λέω. Στ’ ορκίζομαι, μα το θεό.",
          "translation": "\"Helen got married.\" \"What are you telling me?\" (cannot believe it) \"I speak the truth. I swear, in the name of God.\"",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in the name of God"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "in",
          "in"
        ],
        [
          "the",
          "the"
        ],
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ],
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ],
        [
          "God",
          "God"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) in the name of God"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma to θeˈo/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μα το Θεό"
}

Download raw JSONL data for μα το Θεό meaning in Greek (2.0kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-08-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-08-05 using wiktextract (872fc7b and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.