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αὐτεπάγγελτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αὐτεπάγγελτος

Structure: αὐτεπαγγελτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)pagge/llw

Sense

  1. offering of oneself, of free will

Declension

First/Second 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.

Examples

  • καὶ μὴν οὐδὲ τοῦτό γ’ οὐδεὶσ ἂν εἰπεῖν τολμήσαι, ὡσ τῷ μὲν ἐν Πέλλῃ τραφέντι, χωρίῳ ἀδόξῳ τότε γ’ ὄντι καὶ μικρῷ, τοσαύτην μεγαλοψυχίαν προσῆκεν ἐγγενέσθαι ὥστε τῆσ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἀρχῆσ ἐπιθυμῆσαι καὶ τοῦτ’ εἰσ τὸν νοῦν ἐμβαλέσθαι, ὑμῖν δ’ οὖσιν Ἀθηναίοισ καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἡμέραν ἑκάστην ἐν πᾶσι καὶ λόγοισ καὶ θεωρήμασι τῆσ τῶν προγόνων ἀρετῆσ ὑπομνήμαθ’ ὁρῶσι τοσαύτην κακίαν ὑπάρξαι, ὥστε τῆσ ἐλευθερίασ αὐτεπαγγέλτουσ ἐθελοντὰσ παραχωρῆσαι Φιλίππῳ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 93:1)

Synonyms

  1. offering of oneself

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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