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|Full diacritics=αὐτόχθων
|Medium diacritics=αὐτόχθων
|Low diacritics=αυτόχθων
|Capitals=ΑΥΤΟΧΘΩΝ
|Transliteration A=autóchthōn
|Transliteration B=autochthōn
|Transliteration C=aftochthon
|Beta Code=au)to/xqwn
|Definition=ον, gen. ονος, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">sprung from the land itself;</b> <b class="b3">αὐτόχθονες, οἱ,</b> <b class="b2">not settlers, of native stock</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.171</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.2</span>, etc.: c. gen., αὐ. Ἰταλίας <span class="bibl">D.H.1.10</span>: esp. of the Athenians, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>29</span>, al., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>360.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1076</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.24</span>, <span class="bibl">12.124</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Adj., <b class="b2">indigenous, native</b>, τὰ μὲν δύο αὐτόχθονα τῶν ἐθνέων <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.197</span>; αὐ. Αἰγύπτιοι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PGiss.</span>99.5</span> (ii A.D.); ἀρετή <span class="bibl">Lys.2.43</span>; λάχανα τῶν αὐτοχθόνων <span class="bibl">Polioch.2.6</span>; κόσμος <span class="bibl">Philod.Scarph. 127</span>; <b class="b2">urbanitas, racy of the soil</b>, <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Att.</span>7.2.3</span>.</span>
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|lstext='''αὐτόχθων''': -ον, γεν. -ονος, ἀναφυεὶς ἐξ αὐτῆς τῆς γῆς, Λατ. terrigena· ― αὐτόχθονες, οἱ, ὡς τὸ Λατ. Aborigines, Indigenae, οὐχὶ [[ἔξωθεν]] ἐλθόντες, οἱ ἐγχώριοι, Ἡρόδ. 1. 171, Θουκ. 6. 2, κτλ· [[μετὰ]] γεν., αὐτ. Ἰταλίας Διον. Ἁλ. 1. 10: ― οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι ἠρέσκοντο οὕτω καλούμενοι, Εὐρ. Ἴων 29, 589, 737, ὁ αὐτ. Ἀποσπ. 362. 8, Ἀριστοφ. Σφ. 1076, πρβλ. Θουκ. 1. 2, Ἰσοκρ. 45C, 258C. ΙΙ. ὡς ἐπίθ., [[γηγενής]], [[ἐπιχώριος]], τὰ μὲν δύο αὐτόχθονα τῶν ἐθνέων Ἡρόδ. 4. 197· [[ἀρετὴ]] Λυσ. 194. 37· λάχανα τῶν αὐτοχθόνων Πολίοχος ἐν Ἀδήλ. 1. 6.
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