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μᾰτία

matia · ἡ

vain attempt, bootless enterprise

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Where it lives

  • Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

μᾰτία · matia — LSJ

vain attempt, bootless enterprise

vain attempt, bootless enterprise, ἡμετέρῃ ματίῃ Od. 10.79.

2 folly, error

folly, error, A.R. 1.805, 4.367.

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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