to be idle, dally; lags
Ancient Greek word, found 18 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Iliad 5.233: μὴ τὼ μὲν δείσαντε ματήσετον, οὐδʼ ἐθέλητον
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.1395: δίψα δυηπαθίῃ τε καὶ ἄλγεσιν, οὐδʼ ἐμάτησαν
Theocritus, Εἰδύλλια 29.15: ἄλλον δʼ αὔριον, ἐξ ἑτέρω δʼ ἕτερον μάτης·