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αὐτομαθής?

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration: automathēs

Principal Part: αὐτομαθής αὐτομαθές

Structure: αὐτομαθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: μαθεῖν

Sense

  1. having learnt of oneself, self- taught

Examples

  • οὐκ ἀμαθὴς οὐδ ἀπαίδευτος, αὐτομαθὴς δέ τις μᾶλλον οὖσα καὶ ἀπροσδεής, οὐ δι ἀσθένειαν ἀλλὰ ῥώμῃ καὶ τελειότητι τῆς κατὰ φύσιν ἀρετῆς, χαίρειν ἐῶσα τὸν παρ ἑτέρων διὰ μαθήσεως τοῦ φρονεῖν συνερανισμόν. (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 9 8:1)

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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