αὐθέντης

English (LSJ)

ου, ὁ, (cf. αὐτοέντης)

   A murderer, Hdt.1.117, E.Rh.873, Th.3.58; τινός E.HF1359, A.R.2.754; suicide, Antipho 3.3.4, D.C.37.13: more loosely, one of a murderer's family, E.Andr.172.    2 perpetrator, author, πράξεως Plb.22.14.2; ἱεροσυλίας D.S.16.61: generally, doer, Alex.Rh.p.2S.; master, δῆμος αὐθέντης χθονός E.Supp.442; voc. αὐθέντα ἥλιε PMag.Leid.W.6.46; condemned by Phryn.96.    3 as Adj., ὅμαιμος αὐ. φόνος, αὐ. φάνατοι, murder by one of the same family, A.Eu.212, Ag.1572 (lyr.). (For αὐτο-ἕντης, cf. συν-έντης, ἁνύω; root sen-, sṇ-.)