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αὐτόνομος

αὐτόνομος, living under one’s own laws, independent

αὐτόνομ-ος, ον,
  • living under oneʼs own laws, independent, of persons and states, Hdt. 1.96, 8.140.αʹ, Cratin. 15 D., etc.; freq. in Th., αὐ. ἐπὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν οἰκεῖν Id. 2.63; ἀφιέναι αὐ. τινα Id. 1.139; αὐ. ποιεῖν τινα Id. 5.33; αὐ. ἀπό τινος X. HG 5.1.36, cf. Lac. 3.1; πόλις . . ἐλευθέρα καὶ αὐ. IG 3.481, al.; αὐ. πολιτεία Plu. Rom. 27.
      • 2 generally, of oneʼs own free will, ἀλλʼ αὐ. . . Ἀΐδην καταβήσει S. Ant. 821 (lyr.).
      • 3 of animals, feeding and ranging at will, AP 7.8 (Antip. Sid.).

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