μᾰτάω, (μάτην):—poet. Verb,
A. to be idle, dally, ἀπέκοψε παρήορον οὐδὲ μάτησε
Il. 16.474
, cf. 23.510 ;μὴ τὼ μὲν(sc.ἵππω) δείσαντε ματήσετον
5.233
;οὐ ματᾷ τοὔργονthe worklagsnot, goes on apace, A. Pr. 57 ;ματᾶν ὁδῷ to loiterby the way, Id. Th. 37 ;ἰδώμεθ', εἴ τι τοῦδε φροιμίου ματᾷ is in vain, is fruitless, Id. Eu. 142 ; of persons,fail ofa thing,τινος
Opp. H. 3.102 .