Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

αὐτόδικος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αὐτόδικος αὐτόδικη αὐτόδικον

Structure: αὐτοδικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: di/kh

Sense

  1. with independent jurisdiction, with one's own law-courts

Examples

  • ἱκανὴ γὰρ καὶ μία ὡρ́α τοῖσ ἀρετῆσ αἰσθανομένοισ καὶ μετ’ αὐτοτελοῦσ τῆσ διανοίασ ἐν αὐτοδίκῳ τῇ πατρίδι καὶ μετὰ νόμων, οἷσ ποτε ἤνθησε, διαιτωμένῃ βιωθεῖσα. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 19 192:1)

Synonyms

  1. with independent jurisdiction

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

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