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αὐτόματος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: αὐτόματος αὐτομάτη αὐτόματον

Structure: αὐτοματ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. self-willed, unbidden
  2. self-moving, self-propelled
  3. (of plants) growing wild, unsown
  4. without external cause or support
  5. without cause, accidental, by chance

Examples

  • νοῦσοι δ’ ἀνθρώποισιν ἐφ’ ἡμέρῃ, αἳ δ’ ἐπὶ νυκτὶ αὐτόματοι φοιτῶσι κακὰ θνητοῖσι φέρουσαι σιγῇ, ἐπεὶ φωνὴν ἐξείλετο μητίετα Ζεύσ. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 13:12)
  • ἅλεσ δὲ αὐτόματοι γίνονται ἐν τῇ χώρῃ ἀπὸ τούτων ἔλαιον ποιέουσιν. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 29 14:2)
  • "ἵνα καὶ τὴν παροιμίαν φησί διαφθείρωμεν μεταβάλλοντεσ, ὡσ ἄρα καὶ ἀγαθῶν ἐπὶ δαῖτασ ἰάσιν αὐτόματοι ἀγαθοί. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 52)
  • αὐτόματοι δ’ ἀγαθῶν δαῖτασ εὐόχθουσ ἐπέρχονται δίκαιοι φῶτεσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 5 1:2)
  • αἱ δὲ παροιμίαι ἡ μέν φησιν αὐτόματοι δ’ ἀγαθοὶ ἀγαθῶν ἐπὶ δαῖτασ ἰάσιν, ἡ δέ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 5 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. self-willed

  2. without cause

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