αὐτόνοος
From LSJ
καὶ τὸ σιγᾶν πολλάκις ἐστὶ σοφώτατον ἀνθρώπῳ νοῆσαι → and silence is often the wisest thing for a man to heed, and often is man's best wisdom to be silent, and often keeping silent is the wisest thing for a man to heed
English (LSJ)
ον, contr. αὐτό-νους, ουν, of the Phaeacian ships,
A instinct with sense, Eust. 1153.32, with allusion to the nymph Autonoe.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
αὐτόνοος: -ον, συνῃρ. -νους, ουν, ὁ ἰδίαν ἔχων θέλησιν, ἰσχυρογνώμων, ἐπίμονος, αὐτόνῳ γνώμᾳ Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 543, κατὰ Δινδ. άντὶ ἰδίᾳ γνώμᾳ, ὅπερ παραβιάζει τὸ μέτρον. 2) ἐπὶ τῶν πλοίων τῶν Φαιάκων, ἅπερ καθ’ Ὅμηρον εἶχον νοημοσύνην τινά. Εὐστ. 1153. 32, ὑπονοουμένης πως καὶ τῆς νύμφης Αὐτονόης.
French (Bailly abrégé)
οος, οον;
qui a sa volonté propre, obstiné, opiniâtre.
Étymologie: αὐτός, νόος.
