αὐτόθηκτος
From LSJ
ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners
English (LSJ)
ον,
A self-sharpened, epith. of cold-forged iron, A.Fr.356.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
αὐτόθηκτος: -ον, ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ τεθηκμένος, ἠκονημένος, λαβών αὐτόθηκον Εὐβοϊκὸν ξίφος, «κατασκευασθὲν ἐκ τῆς ἐν Εὐβοίᾳ χαλκίτιδος ἐξ ἧς ἐδημιουργεῖτο τὰ ψυχρήλατα τῶν ξιφῶν» (Πλούτ. 434Α) Αἰσχύλ. Ἀποσπ. 371.
