αὐτόματος
αὐτόματος
of persons, acting of oneʼs own will, of oneself, Il., etc.
of things, self-moving, self-acting, spontaneous, of the gates of Olympus, the tripods of Hephaestus, Il.:—of plants, growing of themselves, Hdt.
without apparent cause, accidental, Hdt.; αὐτ. θάνατος a natural death, Dem.
αὐτόματον, ου, τό, mere chance, ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτομάτου or ἀπὸ ταὐτομάτου, Lat. sponte, by chance, naturally, Hdt., Thuc.
adv. -τως ἀπὸ ταὐτομάτου, Hdt.