αὐτόχειρ
αὐτόχειρ
with oneʼs own hand, Aesch., Soph., etc.: c. gen. the very doer or author of a thing, Soph., Dem.
absol., like αὐθέντης, one who kills himself or one of his kin, Soph.: then, simply, a murderer, homicide, Soph., Dem.; in full, τὸν αὐτ. τοῦ φόνου the perpetrator of . . , Soph.
as adj. murderous, Eur.; πληγέντες αὐτόχειρι μιάσματι of brothers smitten by mutual slaughter, Soph.