- αὐτόχειρ
- αὐτό-χειρ, χειρος, ὁ, ἡ,A with one's own hand, creative, A.Supp. 592 (lyr.); αὐ. λούειν, παίειν, κτείνειν, S.Ant.900,1315, Aj. 57;
τίνες ᾠκοδόμησαν;—ὄρνιθες αὐτόχειρες Ar.Av.1132
sq., cf. Lys. 269, Theopomp.Com.86, Act.Ap.27.19, etc.: c. gen., very doer, per-petrator of a thing,αὐ. τοῦδε τοῦ τάφου S.Ant.306
; τῆς ἀσελγείαςταύτης D.21.60
; αὐ. οὔτε τῶν ἀγαθῶν οὔτε τῶν κακῶν men who accomplish neither . . , Isoc.5.150.II abs., one who kills himself, suicide, S.Ant.1175;αὐ. ἑαυτῶν Arist.Fr.502
; simply, murderer, S.OT231, D.21.116; αὐτὸν . . νομίζω αὐτόχειρά μου γεγενῆσθαι τούτοις τοῖς ἔργοις ib.106: c. gen.,αὐ. καὶ φονεῖς τῶν πολιτῶν Isoc.4.111
, cf. Men.Sam. 216; in full,τὸν αὐ. τοῦ φόνου S.OT266
, cf. El.955, D.18.287.III as Adj., murderous, esp. of murder committed by one's own hand or by kinsmen, αὐ. θάνατος, σφαγή, μοῖρα, E.Ph.880, Or.947, Med.1281 (lyr.); πληγέντες αὐτόχειρι σὺν μιάσματι, of brothers smitten by mutual slaughter, S.Ant.172;φόνος Pl.R.615c
.2αὐτόχειρα γράμματα
written with one's own hand, autograph,D.C.
59.4.
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