αὐτόπρεμνος
From LSJ
ἀρετὰ γὰρ ἐπαινεομένα δένδρον ὣς ἀέξεται → for virtue that is praised grows like a tree, praised virtue will grow like a tree
English (LSJ)
ον,
A together with the root, root and branch, τὰ δ' ἀντιτείνοντ' αὐτόπρεμν' ἀπόλλυται (sc. δένδρα) S.Ant.714, cf. Antiph.231.7; ἀνασπᾶν αὐτοπρέμνοις τοῖς λόγοισιν Ar.Ra.903 (paratrag.); αὐ. τι νέμειν give in absolute possession, A.Eu.401.
