μάτην,
Doric dialect μάτᾱν [μᾰ],
adverb in vain, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; with a Noun, τὸ μ. ἄχθος the
fruitless burden, [
Refs]; Διὸς μ. ἄκοιτις his bedfellow
to no good end, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
at random, without reason, οὔ σε μ. τιμῶσι [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; ὁ νοσῶν μ, i.e. he that is mad, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3)
idly, falsely, λέγοντες εἴτ᾽ ἀληθές, εἴτ᾽ ἄρ᾽ οὖν μ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. βέβακεν, of a dream, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]