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αὐτοφυής

αὐτοφυής, self-grown

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αὐτοφυᾶ neuter nominative plural, neuter vocative plural, neuter accusative plural, masculine accusative singular, feminine accusative singular of αὐτοφυής

See αὐτοφυᾶ in Morpho

αὐτο-φῠής, ές,
  • self-grown, στρωμνὴ οἰκεία τε καὶ αὐ., of the fur of beasts, Pl. Prt. 321a; self-existent, Critias 19.1 D.
      • 2 self-grown, of home production, ἀγαθά X. Vect. 2.1; ὦ πόλι φίλη Κέκροπος, αὐτοφυὲς Ἀττική Ar. Fr. 110.
      • 3 natural, opp. artificial, οὐδός Hes. Th. 813; λιμήν Th. 1.93; χρυσὸς αὐ. native gold, D.S. 3.45; κύανος αὐ. Thphr. Lap. 39; αὐ. λόφοι hills in their natural state, not quarried or mined, X. Vect. 4.2; κορύναν αὐτοφυῆ a natural growth, Theoc. 9.24; opp. χειροποίητος, Plb. 9.27.4; opp. τὰ διὰ τέχνης, wild, not cultivable, Thphr. CP 3.1.1; of a horse, τὸν αὐτοφυῆ (sc. δρόμον) διατροχάζειν to have natural paces, X. Eq. 7.11; αὐ. γηρύματα ‘native wood-notes wild’, of birds, opp. language, Plu. Sollert. 2.973a; of style, natural, simple, D.H. Din. 7; αὐ. αἴσθησις, opp. ἐπιστημονική, Phld. Mus. p.11 K., cf. p.63 K.: Comp. -έστερος more natural, of an explanation, Simp. in Ph. 149.18. Adv. -φυῶς, ὅμοιον like by nature, opp. μιμητής, Pl. Grg. 513b; αὐ. ἀγαθοί Id. Lg. 642c.
      • 4 τὸ αὐ. oneʼs own nature, Id. R. 486e; natural state, opp. τὸ ἐπίκτητον, Arist. Rh. 1365a29.
    • II Act., bearing, producing of itself, γῆ αὐ. ὧν φέρει Philostr. Im. 2.18. Adv. -φυῶς spontaneously, Syrian. in Metaph. 123.22; αὐ. κινούμενοι Plot. 6.5.1.

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