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|mdlsjtxt=<br />[[self]], Lat. [[ipse]]:— in the [[oblique]] cases [[simply]] for the [[personal]] Pron., him, her, it:— with the Artic. ὁ [[αὐτός]], ἡ [[αὐτή]], τὸ [[αὐτό]] (or [[ταὐτόν]]), etc., the [[very]] one, the [[same]].<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[self]], [[myself]], [[thyself]], etc., acc. to the [[person]] of the Verb., Hom., etc.:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[oneself]], one's true [[self]], the [[soul]], not the [[body]], Od.; or opp. to others, as [[king]] to subjects, [[parent]] to children, man to [[wife]], etc., Hom.; [[hence]] absol. for the [[master]], τίς [[οὗτος]];—Αὐτός, i. e. [[Socrates]], Ar.; [[similarly]] in neut. αὐτὸ [[δείξει]] the [[result]] [[will]] [[shew]], Eur.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of [[oneself]], of one's own [[accord]], Lat. [[sponte]], Hom., Soph.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> by [[oneself]], [[alone]], [[αὐτός]] περ ἐών [[although]] [[alone]], Il.; αὐτοί ἐσμεν we are by [[ourselves]], i. e. [[among]] friends, Ar.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> in Plat., τὸ δίκαιον [[αὐτό]] [[right]] in itself, the [[idea]] of [[right]], etc.; cf. [[αὐτοάνθρωπος]].<br /><b class="num">5.</b> in dat. with Subst., [[together]] with, ἀνόρουσεν αὐτῆι σὺν φόρμιγγι he sprang up [[lyre]] in [[hand]], Il.; αὐτῆι σὺν πήληκι [[helmet]] and all, Il.; and without σύν, αὐτοῖς [[ἀνδράσι]] men and all, Hdt., etc.<br /><b class="num">6.</b> added to ordinal Numbers, e. g. [[πέμπτος]] [[αὐτός]] [[himself]] the [[fifth]], i.e. [[himself]] with [[four]] others, Thuc.<br /><b class="num">7.</b> in [[connection]] with the [[person]]. Pron., ἐγὼ [[αὐτός]], [[ἐμέθεν]] αὐτῆς, σὲ αὐτόν, etc., Hom.; in Hdt. and [[attic]] it coalesces with [[oblique]] cases of Pron., [[ἐμαυτοῦ]], σε-αυτοῦ, ἑ-αυτοῦ:— it is joined with these reflexive Pronouns to add [[force]], αὐτὸς καθ' [[αὑτοῦ]], αὐτοὶ ὑφ' αὑτῶν Aesch., etc.<br /><b class="num">8.</b> gen. [[αὐτοῦ]] is used with the possessive Pron., πατρὸς [[κλέος]] ἠδ' ἐμὸν [[αὐτοῦ]] Il.<br /><b class="num">9.</b> αὐτὸς [[ἑαυτοῦ]] is also used with comp. and Sup. adj. to [[express]] [[something]] [[unusual]], αὐτὸς [[ἑωυτοῦ]] πολλῶι ὑποδεέστερος Hdt.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> he, she, it, for the [[simple]] Pron. of 3 [[person]], only in [[oblique]] cases, and [[never]] at the [[beginning]] of a [[sentence]], Hom., [[attic]]: cf. [[ἑαυτοῦ]].<br /><b class="num">III.</b> with Article ὁ [[αὐτός]], ἡ [[αὐτή]], τὸ [[αὐτό]], and [[attic]] contr. [[αὑτός]], [[αὑτή]], [[ταὐτό]] and [[ταὐτόν]], gen. ταὐτοῦ, dat. ταὐτῶι, pl. neut. [[ταὐτά]]: ionic [[ὡὐτός]], τὠυτό:— the [[very]] one, the [[same]], Lat. [[idem]], Hom., Hdt., [[attic]]:—it freq. takes a dat., like [[ὅμοιος]], to [[denote]] [[sameness]], τὠυτὸ ἂν [[ὑμῖν]] ἐπρήσσομεν we should [[fare]] the [[same]] as you, Hdt.; also, ὁ αὐτὸς καί, cf. Lat. [[simul]] ac, Hdt.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> αὐτο- in Compos.:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> of itself, i. e. [[natural]], [[native]], not made, as in [[αὐτόκτιτος]].<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of [[mere]]… , of [[nothing]] but… , as in [[αὐτόξυλος]].<br /><b class="num">3.</b> of [[oneself]], [[self]]-, as in [[αὐτοδίδακτος]], [[αὐτόματος]]: and so [[independently]], as in [[αὐτόνομος]].<br /><b class="num">4.</b> [[just]], [[exactly]], as in [[αὐτόδεκα]].<br /><b class="num">5.</b> with reflex. [[sense]] of [[αὑτοῦ]] and [[ἀλλήλων]], as [[αὐθέντης]], [[αὐτοκτονέω]].<br /><b class="num">6.</b> [[together]] with, as in [[αὐτόπρεμνος]], [[αὐτόρριζος]].

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