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

  • τύχησ καὶ τοῦ αὐτομάτου καὶ εἴ τι παρὰ ταῦτα θεωρεῖται, νῦν ἡμῖν λεκτέον. (Plutarch, De fato, section 72)
  • ποτὲ γὰρ ψῦχοσ οὐ μάτην, οὐδὲ τὸ δ’ ὅλον, ὡσ τὸ ἐφ’ ἡμῖν μέροσ τοῦ ἐνδεχομένου, οὕτωσ ἡ τύχη τοῦ αὐτομάτου. (Plutarch, De fato, section 7 15:1)
  • τρίτην ἀρχὴν καὶ δύναμιν ὑπέμεινε τῶν λόγων τὸν ἀτοπώτατον, ἐπεισόδιον οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπωσ ποιοῦντα τὴν τῶν κακῶν φύσιν ἀπ’ αὐτομάτου κατὰ συμβεβηκόσ. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 6 14:1)
  • εἰ δέ ποτε ἀκολουθήσειεν τοῖσ ἀνεπιτηδεύτωσ συντιθεμένοισ κώλοισ ἢ περιόδοισ ἢ βάσεσιν εὔρυθμοσ, τὸ συμβὰν ἐκ τῆσ αὐτομάτου τύχησ οὐκ ἀπωθεῖται. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 39 1:4)
  • καὶ τῶν ταξιάρχων τινὸσ ἀπ’ αὐτομάτου τὸν βραχίονα μύρον ῥόδινον ἐξανθεῖν, καὶ πολλάκισ ἐξαλείφοντασ καὶ ἀπομάττοντασ μηδὲν περαίνειν. (Plutarch, Brutus, chapter 48 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. self-willed

  2. without cause

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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