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αὐθέντης

αὐθέντης, one who does by his own hand; a murderer

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αὐθένται Noun: masculine nominative plural, Noun: masculine vocative plural, Noun: masculine dative singular of αὐθέντης

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αὐθέντ-ης, ου, ὁ, (cf. αὐτοέντης)
  • murderer, Hdt. 1.117, E. Rh. 873, Th. 3.58; τινός E. HF 1359, A.R. 2.754; suicide, Antipho 3.3.4, D.C. 37.13: more loosely, one of a murdererʼs family, E. Andr. 172.
      • 2 perpetrator, author, πράξεως Plb. 22.14.2; ἱεροσυλίας D.S. 16.61: generally, doer, Alex. Rh. p.2 S.; master, δῆμος αὐθέντης χθονός E. Supp. 442; voc. αὐθέντα ἥλιε PMag.Leid.W. 6.46; condemned by Phryn. 96.
      • 3 as Adj., ὅμαιμος αὐ. φόνος, αὐ. θάνατοι, murder by one of the same family, A. Eu. 212, Ag. 1572 (lyr.). (For αὐτο-ἕντης, cf. συν-έντης, ἁνύω; root sen-, sṇ-.)

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