Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

αὐτόφωνος

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αὐτόφωνος

Etym.: fwnh/

Sense

  1. self-sounding, delivered by the god himself

Examples

  • καίτοι τί ἂν ἐποίησασ, εἴ σοι ἡ τῆσ Ἀργοῦσ τρόπισ ἐλάλησεν ὥσπερ ποτέ, ἢ ἡ φηγὸσ ἐν Δωδώνῃ αὐτόφωνοσ ἐμαντεύσατο, ἢ εἰ βύρσασ εἶδεσ ἑρπούσασ καὶ βοῶν κρέα μυκώμενα ἡμίοπτα ^ περιπεπαρμένα τοῖσ ὀβελοῖσ; (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 2:8)

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

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