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English (LSJ)

ον,

   A living under one's own laws, independent, of persons and states, Hdt.1.96, 8.140.ά, Cratin. 15 D., etc.; freq. in Th., αὐ. ἐπὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν οἰκεῖν Id.2.63; ἀφιέναι αὐ. τινα Id.1.139; αὐ. ποιεῖν τινα Id.5.33; αὐ. ἀπό τινος X.HG 5.1.36, cf. Lac.3.1; πόλις . . ἐλευθέρα καὶ αὐ. IG3.481, al.; αὐ. πολιτεία Plu.Rom.27.    2 generally, of one's own free will, ἀλλ' αὐ. . . Ἀΐδην καταβήσει S.Ant.821 (lyr.).    3 of animals, feeding and ranging at will, AP7.8 (Antip. Sid.).