μάτη
mate
folly, fault
Appears 38 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
μάτη [ᾰ], ἡ, A. folly, fault, μάτας εἰπών speaking folly, 47, cf. Ch. 918 (pl.); μάταισι πολυθρόοις with clamorous lewdness, Supp. 820 (lyr.) (but expld. by Sch. as ‘questʼ); οὔ τί τοι μέτρον μάτας Fr. 798. II. cf. μάτην ad fin.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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