Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

αὐτήκοος

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Principal Part: αὐτήκοος

Etym.: a)kou/w

Sense

  1. one who has himself heard, an ear-witness

Examples

  • τούτων ὁ Κλεομένησ αὐτήκοοσ γενόμενοσ, καὶ πρὶν αἰσθέσθαι τὸν Πτολεμαῖον ἀναχωρήσασ ἔφρασε τοῖσ φίλοισ. (Plutarch, Cleomenes, chapter 36 3:1)
  • τίσ γὰρ ἂν ἀποκρίνοιτό σοι τοῦτο ὡσ γνοὺσ ἄν ποτε πρὶν ἀκοῦσαί τε, καὶ τῶν ἀθλητῶν ἑκάστων αὐτήκοοσ αὐτὸσ γενέσθαι; (Plato, Laws, book 2 37:3)

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

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