Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

αὐτόνοος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αὐτόνοος

Structure: αὐτονο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. self-willed

Examples

  • Χαλκιόπησ <δὲ> τῆσ Εὐρυπύλου Θετταλόσ, Ἐπικάστησ τῆσ Αὐγέου Θεστάλοσ, Παρθενόπησ τῆσ Στυμφάλου Εὐήρησ, Αὔγησ τῆσ Ἀλεοῦ Τήλεφοσ, Ἀστυόχησ τῆσ Φύλαντοσ Τληπόλεμοσ, Ἀστυδαμείασ τῆσ Ἀμύντοροσ Κτήσιπποσ, Αὐτονόησ τῆσ Πειρέωσ Παλαίμων. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 7 8:12)
  • Αὐτονόησ δὲ καὶ Ἀρισταίου παῖσ Ἀκταίων ἐγένετο, ὃσ τραφεὶσ παρὰ Χείρωνι κυνηγὸσ ἐδιδάχθη, καὶ ἔπειτα ὕστερον ἐν τῷ Κιθαιρῶνι κατεβρώθη ὑπὸ τῶν ἰδίων κυνῶν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 4 4:1)
  • καὶ Αὐτονόησ μνῆμά ἐστιν ἐν τῇ κώμῃ ταύτῃ. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 44 9:4)

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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