αὐθιγενής

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τὸ μὲν εὖ πράσσειν ἀκόρεστον ἔφυ πᾶσι βροτοῖσιν → all mortals have by nature an insatiable appetite for success, our mortal state with bliss is never satiate, success is something for which humanity is insatiatable

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Transliteration A: authigenḗs Transliteration B: authigenēs Transliteration C: afthigenis Beta Code: au)qigenh/s

English (LSJ)

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   A born on the spot, born in the country, native, Μοῦσα B.2.11; θεός Hdt.4.180; ἔθνος D.H.1.9, cf. Luc.Herm.24; αὐ. ποταμοὶ Σκυθικοί the Scythian rivers that rise in the country, Hdt.4.48; τὸ ὕδωρ . . αὐ. μὲν οὔκ ἐστι not from a natural spring, Id.2.149; δόκος E. Fr.472.5 (lyr.); οἶνος Anaxandr.41.71; αὐ. καὶ ἄκρατος ἀλλοτρίοις ἤθεσι βίος τῶν ἐνύδρων Plu.2.976a; αὐ. καὶ αὐτόχθων ἐλευθερία IG7.2713.38 (speech of Nero).    2 genuine, sincere, ἰάλεμος E.Rh. 895 (lyr.).