Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

αὐτόνοος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αὐτόνοος

Structure: αὐτονο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. self-willed

Examples

  • Αὐτονόα πράτα νιν ἀνέκραγε δεινὸν ἰδοῖσα, σὺν δ’ ἐτάραξε ποσὶν μανιώδεοσ ὄργια Βάκχου, ἐξαπίνασ ἐπιοῖσα, τὰ δ’ οὐχ ὁρέοντι βέβηλοι. (Theocritus, Idylls, 5)
  • Αὐτονόα τόδ’ ἐείπε "τάχα γνώσῃ πρὶν ἀκοῦσαι. (Theocritus, Idylls, 10)

Synonyms

  1. self-willed

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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