Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • τὸ δὲ ἱερεῖον ἵστασθαι ἐπὶ τῷδε αὐτόματον, μηδὲ ἀποφεύγειν ἔτι. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 22 4:3)
  • ταῦτ’ ἄνευ τοῦ μαθεῖν οὐκ ἔστι χρησίμωσ ποιεῖν, δι’ ὃ δὲ ταῦτα πάντα, τὸ εὖ βιοῦν, ἀδίδακτον καὶ ἄλογον καὶ ἄτεχνον καὶ αὐτόματον; (Plutarch, An virtus doceri possit, section 1 1:6)
  • αὐτόματον, ἤ νιν σεισμὸσ ἔστρεψε χθονόσ; (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode17)
  • αὐτόματον· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode18)
  • δι’ ὃ δὲ ταῦτα πάντα, τὸ εὖ βιοῦν , ἀδίδακτον καὶ ἄλογον καὶ ἄτεχνον καὶ αὐτόματον. (Plutarch, An virtus doceri possit, section 1 5:3)

Synonyms

  1. self-willed

  2. without cause

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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