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ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top

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|Transliteration C=afthekastos
|Transliteration C=afthekastos
|Beta Code=au)qe/kastos
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|Definition=ον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[one who calls things by their right names]], [[one who calls a spade a spade]], [[down-right]], [[blunt]], Arist.EN1127a23, cf. Cleanth.Stoic.1.127; οὐκ ἔστ' [[ἀλώπηξ]] ἡ μὲν [[εἴρων]] τῇ φύσει ἡ δ' αὐθέκαστος = the [[nature]] of [[fox]]es is not for one to be [[treacherous]] and the other [[straightforward]] Philem.89.7, cf. Posidipp.40; in later Prose, [[λόγος]] Phld.Piet.102 (Comp.), cf. Ph.2.51, Plu.Cat.Ma.6. Adv. [[αὐθεκάστως]] = [[bluntly]], Phld.Sign.32.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of style, [[inartificial]], [[plain]], D.H.Comp.22.<br><span class="bld">3</span> in bad sense, [[self-willed]] ([[αὐτάρεσκος]], Hsch.; = [[ἀπαρέγκλητος]], Suid.), αὐθέκαστος τὸν τρόπον, αὐθέκαστος τῷ τρόπῳ, Men.843, Sam.205, cf. Luc.Phal.1.2, Plu.2.11e; οὐ γὰρ [[αὐθάδης]] οὐδ' [[ἐπαχθής|έπαχθὴς]] ό [[χρηστός]], οὐδὲ αὐθέκαστος ὁ [[σώφρων]] [[ἀνήρ]] = the man of value is not [[arrogant]] or [[insufferable]], and the [[wise]] man is not [[smug]], ib. 823a, cf. Phld.Vit.p.30J.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[self-controlled]], [[self-sufficient]], ζῷον οὐ [[μονήρης|μονῆρες]] καὶ αὐθέκαστον ἀλλὰ [[κοινωνικός|κοινωνικὸν]] καὶ [[πολιτικός|πολιτικόν]] = an [[animal]] which is not [[solitary]] and [[self-sufficient]], but [[social]] and [[political]], Them.Or.34p.446D. Adv. [[αὐθεκάστως]] = [[rigidly]], [[severely]] Plu.Lys.21.
|Definition=ον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[one who calls things by their right names]], [[one who calls a spade a spade]], [[down-right]], [[blunt]], Arist.EN1127a23, cf. Cleanth.Stoic.1.127; οὐκ ἔστ' [[ἀλώπηξ]] ἡ μὲν [[εἴρων]] τῇ φύσει ἡ δ' αὐθέκαστος = the [[nature]] of [[fox]]es is not for one to be [[treacherous]] and the other [[straightforward]] Philem.89.7, cf. Posidipp.40; in later Prose, [[λόγος]] Phld.Piet.102 (Comp.), cf. Ph.2.51, Plu.Cat.Ma.6. Adv. [[αὐθεκάστως]] = [[bluntly]], Phld.Sign.32.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of style, [[inartificial]], [[plain]], D.H.Comp.22.<br><span class="bld">3</span> in bad sense, [[self-willed]] ([[αὐτάρεσκος]], Hsch.; = [[ἀπαρέγκλητος]], Suid.), αὐθέκαστος τὸν τρόπον, αὐθέκαστος τῷ τρόπῳ, Men.843, Sam.205, cf. Luc.Phal.1.2, Plu.2.11e; οὐ γὰρ [[αὐθάδης]] οὐδ' [[ἐπαχθής|ἐπαχθὴς]] [[χρηστός]], οὐδὲ αὐθέκαστος ὁ [[σώφρων]] [[ἀνήρ]] = the [[man]] of [[value]] is not [[arrogant]] or [[insufferable]], and the [[wise]] man is not [[smug]], ib. 823a, cf. Phld.Vit.p.30J.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[self-controlled]], [[self-sufficient]], ζῷον οὐ [[μονήρης|μονῆρες]] καὶ αὐθέκαστον ἀλλὰ [[κοινωνικός|κοινωνικὸν]] καὶ [[πολιτικός|πολιτικόν]] = an [[animal]] which is not [[solitary]] and [[self-sufficient]], but [[social]] and [[political]], Them.Or.34p.446D. Adv. [[αὐθεκάστως]] = [[rigidly]], [[severely]] Plu.Lys.21.
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Transliteration A: authékastos Transliteration B: authekastos Transliteration C: afthekastos Beta Code: au)qe/kastos

English (LSJ)

ον,
A one who calls things by their right names, one who calls a spade a spade, down-right, blunt, Arist.EN1127a23, cf. Cleanth.Stoic.1.127; οὐκ ἔστ' ἀλώπηξ ἡ μὲν εἴρων τῇ φύσει ἡ δ' αὐθέκαστος = the nature of foxes is not for one to be treacherous and the other straightforward Philem.89.7, cf. Posidipp.40; in later Prose, λόγος Phld.Piet.102 (Comp.), cf. Ph.2.51, Plu.Cat.Ma.6. Adv. αὐθεκάστως = bluntly, Phld.Sign.32.
2 of style, inartificial, plain, D.H.Comp.22.
3 in bad sense, self-willed (αὐτάρεσκος, Hsch.; = ἀπαρέγκλητος, Suid.), αὐθέκαστος τὸν τρόπον, αὐθέκαστος τῷ τρόπῳ, Men.843, Sam.205, cf. Luc.Phal.1.2, Plu.2.11e; οὐ γὰρ αὐθάδης οὐδ' ἐπαχθὴςχρηστός, οὐδὲ αὐθέκαστος ὁ σώφρων ἀνήρ = the man of value is not arrogant or insufferable, and the wise man is not smug, ib. 823a, cf. Phld.Vit.p.30J.
4 self-controlled, self-sufficient, ζῷον οὐ μονῆρες καὶ αὐθέκαστον ἀλλὰ κοινωνικὸν καὶ πολιτικόν = an animal which is not solitary and self-sufficient, but social and political, Them.Or.34p.446D. Adv. αὐθεκάστως = rigidly, severely Plu.Lys.21.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

αὐθέκαστος: -ον, ὁ λέγων τὰ πράγματα αὐτὰ καθ’ ἑαυτὰ ἕκαστα, κοινῶς, «ὀρθὰ κοφτά», ὁ μὴ λέγων αὐτὰ πλαγίως, ἀλλ’ ὡς ἔχουσιν, ἀνυπόκριτος, ἀληθής, εἰλικρινής, ἁπλοῦς, ὁ δὲ μέσος αὐθέκαστός τις ἂν ἀληθευτικὸς καὶ τῷ βίῳ καὶ τῷ λόγῳ Ἀριστ. Ἠθ. Ν. 4. 7, 4· ἀκολούθως ἐν τῇ Νέᾳ Κωμῳδία, οὐκ ἔστ’ ἀλώπηξ ἡ μὲν εἴρων…, ἡδ’ αὐθέκαστος Φιλήμ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 3, πρβλ. Μένανδ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 229, Ποσείδιππ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 13· - ἐπὶ λόγων, ἀκόμψευτος, σαφής, ἀληθής, Διον. Ἁλ. π. συνθ. 22· ἴδε Α. Β. 462, 25, Ἡσύχ. ἐν λέξει. Παρὰ παλαιοτέροις συγγραφ., ὡς ἐν Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 950, Εὐρ. Ἑκ. 1227, τὸ αὐθέκαστα, νῦν γράφεται, αὐθ’ ἕκαστα. Ἐπίρρ. -τως Πλουτ. Λύσ. 21. - Τὸ οὐσιαστ. αὐθεκαστότης, ητος, ἡ, κατακρίνεται ὑπὸ τοῦ Φρυν. σ. 349, ἔνθα ἴδε Λοβ.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ος, ον :
chaque personne ou chaque chose telle qu’elle est ; franc, simple, droit, naturel.
Étymologie: αὐτός, ἕκαστος.

Spanish (DGE)

-ον
• Morfología: [compar. αὐθεκαστότερος Phld.Piet.p.120.14]
I 1sincero, sin artificio, auténtico de pers. como intermedio entre el ἀλαζών y el εἴρων Arist.EN 1127a23, como sinón. de αὐστηρός y ἁπλός Cleanth.Fr.Poet.3.4, Posidipp.41, ἐν τῷ δικαίῳ ὄρθιος καὶ αὐ. Plu.Cat.Ma.6, fig. de la zorra οὐκ ἔστ' ἀλώπηξ ἡ μὲν εἴρων ... ἡ δ' αὐ. Philem.93.7
del λόγος Phld.l.c.
del estilo de Tucídides, D.H.Comp.22.6.
2 en sent. peyor. rígido, tozudo, áspero τραχὺς ἄνθρωπος ... αὐ. τῷ τρόπῳ Men.Sam.550, cf. Men.Fr.736, Plu.2.11d, Luc.Phal.1.2, ὁ νουθετητὴς παραγίνεται ὁ αὐ. Ph.2.519.
II autosuficiente τὸ ζῷον τοῦτο οὐ μονῆρες καὶ αὐθέκαστον, ἀλλὰ κοινωνικὸν καὶ πολιτικόν Them.Or.34.446.
III adv. αὐθεκάστως
1 sinceramente, sin artificio πρὸς τὸ τῇ Σπάρτῃ συμφέρον αὐ. στρατηγοῦντος Plu.Lys.21.
2 tajantemente αὐθεκάστως ... φασι τὸ καλού[μ]ενον Phld.Sign.32.32; cf. αὐτοέκαστος.

Greek Monolingual

αὐθέκαστος, -ον (AM)
απότομος, θρασύς, αυθάδης
μσν.
1. αυθαίρετος
2. αυτάρκης
αρχ.
1. όποιος λέει κάθε πράγμα με το πραγματικό του όνομα, ο ειλικρινής
2. (για λόγο) σαφής, απερίφραστος.

Greek Monotonic

αὐθέκαστος: -ον, αυτός που λέει τα πράγματα με το όνομά τους, σε Αριστ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

αὐθέκαστος:
1) прямой, прямодушный (αὐ. καὶ ἀληθευτικός Arst.; ὄρθιος και αὐ. Plut.);
2) суровый, строгий (αὐστηρὸς καὶ αὐ. Plut.).

Middle Liddell


one who calls each thing by its name, Arist.