αὐτόματος — Cambridge Greek Lexicon

αὐτόματοςη ονadjreltd.μέμοναμένοςThe adj. is freq. quasi-advbl. of person or animals doing sthg.through one's own willof one's own accord, unbidden, spontaneouslyIl. Thgn. Pi.fr. B. Th. Ar.of feet movingAR.of a response fr. the PythiaPi. of inanimate thingshappening or acting without external interventionof Hephaistos' tripods movingspontaneouslyIl.of gates opening, bolts moving, fetters breakingIl. E. X. AR. NT.of weapons, statues, or sim. doing sthg.Hdt. E. AR.of an event happeningPl. X.of blessings coming to someoneE. Ar. X. of natural phenomenahappening in the ordinary course of eventsof a disease spreading, land being fruitful, a river rising, plants growingspontaneously, naturallyHes. Hdt. Pl.of the way of life of early humansprovided by naturenaturally providedPl.of foodPl. of a person doing sthg.from one's natural abilityX.of a death, a reason for growthnaturalLys. Pl. D.of salt crusts, manurefrom natureHdt. X.of an eventin the natural courseD. of persons finding sthg.by accidentPl.of a temple being burned downHdt.neut.sb.chanceas a causeLys. prep.phrs.ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτομάτουor ταὐτομάτουspontaneouslynaturallyHdt. Th. Pl. X.alsoἐκ τοῦ αὐτομάτουX.by accidentchancePl. X. Is. αὐτομάτωςadvof one's own accord, spontaneouslyref. to persons or animals doing sthg.Plb. Plu.automaticallyref. to a mechanical snail movingPlb.by natural causesspontaneously, naturallyTheoc. Plb. Plu. by accidentchancePlb. Plu.

ShortDef

acting of one's own will, of oneself

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Headword:

αὐτόματος

Headword (normalized):

αὐτόματος

Headword (normalized/stripped):

αυτοματος

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1841

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-1842

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