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αὐτοτελής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αὐτοτελής αὐτοτελές

Structure: αὐτοτελη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: te/los

Sense

  1. ending in itself, complete in itself, supporting oneself
  2. taxing oneself, self-taxed

Examples

  • οὐ δεῖται γὰρ ὀργάνων οὐδ’ ἐργαλείων, ἀπροσδεέσ, αὐτοτελὲσ ἀγαθόν. (Plutarch, Aquane an ignis sit utilior, chapter, section 5 3:1)
  • τὸ δ’ ὅλον τοσοῦτον ἀπέχει πρὸσ σωτηρίαν ἢ ἑτέρων γένεσιν τὸ ὔδωρ αὐτοτελὲσ εἶναι, ὥστε καὶ αὐτῷ φθορὰ πυρὸσ ἔνδεια· (Plutarch, Aquane an ignis sit utilior, chapter, section 91)
  • σὺ δὲ τοῦτο μὲν οὐκ ἐποίησασ, ψήφισμα δὲ αὐτοτελὲσ ἔγραψασ κατὰ δυοῖν φυλαῖν οὐ μόνον ἀδικώτατον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐναντίον αὐτὸ ἑαυτῷ· (Hyperides, Speeches, 15:2)
  • ἄριστον μὲν οὖν τὸ μετρίᾳ διαίτῃ καὶ σώφρονι τὸ σῶμα ποιεῖν περὶ τε πληρώσεισ καὶ κενώσεισ αὐτοτελὲσ ἀεὶ καὶ σύμμετρον· (Plutarch, De tuenda sanitate praecepta, chapter, section 22 9:1)
  • δεύτερον τοίνυν ἡ τῶν θεῶν ἔννοια περιέχει τὸ εὔδαιμον καὶ μακάριον καὶ αὐτοτελέσ. (Plutarch, De Stoicorum repugnantiis, section 401)

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

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