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μάτη

mate

folly, fault

Appears 28 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

μάτη [ᾰ], ἡ, A. folly, fault, μάτας εἰπών speaking folly, Stesich. 47, cf. A. Ch. 918 (pl.); μάταισι πολυθρόοις with clamorous lewdness, Id. Supp. 820 (lyr.) (but expld. by Sch. as ‘questʼ); οὔ τί τοι μέτρον μάτας S. Fr. 798. II. cf. μάτην ad fin.
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