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αὐτοχειρία

αὐτοχειρία, murder perpetrated by one’s own hand

αὐτο-χειρία, ἡ,
  • murder perpetrated by oneʼs own hand, Pl. Lg. 872b; διʼ αὐτοχειρίας Nic.Dam. p.46D.
    • II mostly in dat. αὐτοχειρία, Ion. -ίη, used adverbially, = αὐτοχειρί, mostly of slaughter, αὐ. κτείνειν Hdt. 1.140; ἀπολέσαι Id. 3.74, cf. 66: generally, αὐ. διελεῖν Id. 1.123; διασπείρειν Id. 3.13, cf. Ar. Fr. 33 D.; λαβεῖν D. 25.57; καὶ αὐ. καὶ κελεύων καὶ ψήφῳ [κτείνειν] Democr. 260.

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