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αὐτομαθής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αὐτομαθής αὐτομαθές

Structure: αὐτομαθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: maqei=n

Sense

  1. having learnt of oneself, self- taught

Examples

  • τοῖοσ, ὁκοῖον ὁρᾷσ, ὦ παρ’ ἔμ’ ἐρχόμενε σύκινοσ, οὐ ῥίνῃ πεπονημένοσ, οὐδ’ ἀπὸ μίλτου, ἀλλ’ ἀπὸ ποιμενικῆσ αὐτομαθοῦσ ξοΐδοσ . (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 862)

Synonyms

  1. having learnt of oneself

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

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