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Ἀλλ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἐλπίδων ἄνδρας τὸ κέρδος πολλάκις διώλεσεν → But the profit-motive has destroyed many people in their hope for gain

Sophocles, Antigone, 221-2

Greek Monolingual

και αυτοφανής αὐτοφαής, -ές και αὐτοφανής, -ές (Α)
αφ' εαυτού φανερός, αυτόδηλος, ολοφάνερος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Ο τ. αυτοφαής < αυτο- + -φαής < φάος (πρβλ. αμφιφαής) και ο τ. αυτοφανής < αυτο- + -φανής < εφάνην (αόρ. του φαίνομαι)].