{"def":{"short":"folly, i.e., (adverbially) to no purpose","long":["in vain, fruitlessly"]},"deriv":"accusative case of a derivative of the base of G3145 (through the idea of tentative manipulation, i.e. unsuccessful search, or else of punishment)","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈmɑ.ten","ipa_mod":"ˈmɑ.te̞n","sbl":"matēn","dic":"MA-tane","dic_mod":"MA-tane"},"see":["G3145"]}