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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

  • 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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