Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

αὐτόνοος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αὐτόνοος

Structure: αὐτονο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. self-willed

Examples

  • τούτουσ δὲ τοὺσ δύο Δελφοὶ λέγουσι εἶναι ἐπιχωρίουσ ἡρ́ωασ, Φύλακόν τε καὶ Αὐτόνοον, τῶν τὰ τεμένεα ἐστὶ περὶ τὸ ἱρόν, Φυλάκου μὲν παρ’ αὐτὴν τὴν ὁδὸν κατύπερθε τοῦ ἱροῦ τῆσ Προναίησ, Αὐτονόου δὲ πέλασ τῆσ Κασταλίησ ὑπὸ τῇ Υἁμπείῃ κορυφῇ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 8, chapter 39 2:1)

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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