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αὐτόχθων

αὐτόχθων, sprung from the land itself

αὐτό-χθων, ον, gen. ονος,
  • sprung from the land itself; αὐτόχθονες, οἱ, not settlers, of native stock, Hdt. 1.171, Th. 6.2, etc.: c. gen., αὐ. Ἰταλίας D.H. 1.10: esp. of the Athenians, E. Ion 29, al., Fr. 360.8, Ar. V. 1076, Isoc. 4.24, 12.124.
    • II Adj., indigenous, native, τὰ μὲν δύο αὐτόχθονα τῶν ἐθνέων Hdt. 4.197; αὐ. Αἰγύπτιοι PGiss. 99.5 (ii A.D.); ἀρετή Lys. 2.43; λάχανα τῶν αὐτοχθόνων Polioch. 2.6; κόσμος Philod.Scarph. 127; α. urbanitas, authentic national, i.e., Roman, manners Cic. Att. 7.2.3. [updated from Supp.]

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