αὐτόχθων

English (LSJ)

ον, gen. ονος,

   A sprung from the land itself; αὐτόχθονες, οἱ, not settlers, of native stock, Hdt.1.171, Th.6.2, etc.: c. gen., αὐ. Ἰταλίας D.H.1.10: esp. of the Athenians, E.Ion29, al., Fr.360.8, Ar.V.1076, Isoc.4.24, 12.124.    II Adj., indigenous, native, τὰ μὲν δύο αὐτόχθονα τῶν ἐθνέων Hdt.4.197; αὐ. Αἰγύπτιοι PGiss.99.5 (ii A.D.); ἀρετή Lys.2.43; λάχανα τῶν αὐτοχθόνων Polioch.2.6; κόσμος Philod.Scarph. 127; urbanitas, racy of the soil, Cic.Att.7.2.3.