αὐθέκαστος
Ἀμήχανον δὲ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γνώμην πρὶν ἂν ἀρχαῖς τε καὶ νόμοισιν ἐντριβὴς φανῇ → It is impossible to know the spirit, thought, and mind of any man before he be versed in sovereignty and the laws
English (LSJ)
ον,
A one who calls things by their right names, down-right, blunt, Arist.EN1127a23, cf. Cleanth.Stoic.1.127; οὔκ ἐστ' ἀλώπηξ ἡ μὲν εἴρων . . ἡ δ' αὐ. Philem.89.7, cf. Posidipp.40; in later Prose, λόγος Phld.Piet.102 (Comp.), cf. Ph.2.51, Plu.Cat.Ma.6. Adv. -τως bluntly, Phld.Sign.32. 2 of style, inartificial, plain, D.H.Comp.22. 3 in bad sense, self-willed (αὐτάρεσκος, Hsch.; = ἀπαρέγκλητος, Suid.), αὐ. τὸν τρόπον, τῷ τρόπῳ, Men.843, Sam.205, cf. Luc.Phal.1.2, Plu.2.11e; οὐ γὰρ αὐθάδης οὐδὲ αὐ. ὁ σώφρων ἀνήρ ib. 823a, cf. Phld.Vit.p.30J. 4 self-controlled, ζῷον οὐ μονῆρες καὶ αὐ. ἀλλὰ κοινωνικὸν καὶ πολιτικόν Them.Or.34p.446D. Adv. -τως Plu.Lys.21.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
αὐθέκαστος: -ον, ὁ λέγων τὰ πράγματα αὐτὰ καθ’ ἑαυτὰ ἕκαστα, κοινῶς, «ὀρθὰ κοφτά», ὁ μὴ λέγων αὐτὰ πλαγίως, ἀλλ’ ὡς ἔχουσιν, ἀνυπόκριτος, ἀληθής, εἰλικρινής, ἁπλοῦς, ὁ δὲ μέσος αὐθέκαστός τις ἂν ἀληθευτικὸς καὶ τῷ βίῳ καὶ τῷ λόγῳ Ἀριστ. Ἠθ. Ν. 4. 7, 4· ἀκολούθως ἐν τῇ Νέᾳ Κωμῳδία, οὐκ ἔστ’ ἀλώπηξ ἡ μὲν εἴρων…, ἡδ’ αὐθέκαστος Φιλήμ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 3, πρβλ. Μένανδ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 229, Ποσείδιππ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 13· - ἐπὶ λόγων, ἀκόμψευτος, σαφής, ἀληθής, Διον. Ἁλ. π. συνθ. 22· ἴδε Α. Β. 462, 25, Ἡσύχ. ἐν λέξει. Παρὰ παλαιοτέροις συγγραφ., ὡς ἐν Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 950, Εὐρ. Ἑκ. 1227, τὸ αὐθέκαστα, νῦν γράφεται, αὐθ’ ἕκαστα. Ἐπίρρ. -τως Πλουτ. Λύσ. 21. - Τὸ οὐσιαστ. αὐθεκαστότης, ητος, ἡ, κατακρίνεται ὑπὸ τοῦ Φρυν. σ. 349, ἔνθα ἴδε Λοβ.
