αὐτουργός
αὐτουργός
*ἔργω
self-working, Soph.
as Subst., one who works his land himself (not by slaves), a husbandman, poor farmer, Eur.; of the Peloponnesians, Thuc.:—metaph., αὐτουργὸς τῆς φιλοσοφίας one that has worked at philosophy by himself, without a teacher, Xen.
pass. self-wrought, simple, native, Anth.