αὐθέντης
First declension Noun; Masculine
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Transliteration:
Principal Part:
αὐθέντης
αὐθέντου
Structure:
αὐθεντ
(Stem)
+
ης
(Ending)
Etym.: The part -e/nths is of uncertain deriv.
Sense
- a perpetrator of any act, especially that he commits a murder with his own hand
- a suicide, a person who has intentionally killed himself
- an absolute ruler, an autocrat
Declension
First declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- Οὐδ’ ἄρα δηθὰ Λύκον, κείνησ πρόμον ἠπείροιο, καὶ Μαριανδυνοὺσ λάθον ἀνέρασ ὁρμισθέντεσ αὐθένται Ἀμύκοιο κατὰ κλέοσ, ὃ πρὶν ἄκουον· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 12:16)
- Τραλλιανοὶ δ’ αὐθένται τοῦ κακοῦ φυλαξάμενοι γενέσθαι, Παφλαγόνα Θεόφιλον, ἄγριον ἄνδρα, ἐσ τὸ ἔργον ἐμισθώσαντο, καὶ ὁ Θεόφιλοσ αὐτοὺσ συναγαγὼν ἐπὶ τὸν τῆσ ὁμονοίασ νεὼν ἥπτετο τοῦ φόνου, καὶ τινῶν τοῖσ ἀγάλμασι συμπλεκομένων τὰσ χεῖρασ ἀπέκοπτεν. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 4 2:5)
- καὶ αὐτὸν οἱ τῆσ πόλεωσ ἄρχοντεσ ἀναπαυόμενον ἐν οἴκῳ ζοφώδει δεδιότεσ μὲν τὸ κήρυγμα τοῦ δήμου, φυλαττόμενοι δὲ ἀνδρὸσ ἑξάκισ ὑπατεύσαντοσ καὶ πολλὰ καὶ λαμπρὰ εἰργασμένου αὐθένται γενέσθαι, Γαλάτην ἄνδρα ἐπιδημοῦντα μετὰ ξίφουσ ἐσέπεμψαν ἀνελεῖν. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 1, chapter 7 7:2)
- καὶ τόνδε μὲν ὡσ οἰώνισμα φαῦλον ὁ στρατὸσ αὐτίκα συνέκοψε, δαιμόνια δ’ ἦν αὐτοῖσ ἄρα καὶ τάδε, Κάσσιον μὲν ἐν ἀμφηρίστῳ νίκῃ πάντα ἀλόγωσ ἀπογνῶναι, Βροῦτον δὲ εὐβούλου βραδυτῆτοσ ἐκβιασθῆναι καὶ ἐσ χεῖρασ ἐλθεῖν ἀνδράσι διωκομένοισ ὑπὸ λιμοῦ, δαψιλῶσ αὐτὸν ἔχοντα ἀγορᾶσ καὶ ναυκρατοῦντα, καὶ τόδε παθεῖν ὑπὸ τῶν οἰκείων μᾶλλον ἢ τῶν πολεμίων, καὶ μὴν πολλάκισ ἀγώνων μετασχόντεσ ἐν μὲν ταῖσ μάχαισ οὐδὲν ἔπαθον, ἄμφω δ’ αὑτῶν ἐγένοντο αὐθένται καθάπερ ἐγένοντο τοῦ Καίσαροσ. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 4, chapter 17 5:14)
Synonyms
-
a perpetrator of any act
- αὐτοχειρία (murder perpetrated by one's own hand, with one's own hand)
-
an absolute ruler
