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|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">living under one's own laws, independent</b>, of persons and states, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.96</span>, <span class="bibl">8.140</span>.ά, <span class="bibl">Cratin. 15</span> D., etc.; freq. in Th., αὐ. ἐπὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν οἰκεῖν <span class="bibl">Id.2.63</span>; ἀφιέναι αὐ. τινα <span class="bibl">Id.1.139</span>; αὐ. ποιεῖν τινα <span class="bibl">Id.5.33</span>; αὐ. ἀπό τινος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span> 5.1.36</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lac.</span>3.1</span>; πόλις . . ἐλευθέρα καὶ αὐ. <span class="title">IG</span>3.481, al.; αὐ. πολιτεία <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Rom.</span>27</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, <b class="b2">of one's own free will</b>, ἀλλ' αὐ. . . Ἀΐδην καταβήσει <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>821</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of animals, <b class="b2">feeding and ranging at will</b>, AP7.8 (Antip. Sid.).</span>

|lstext='''αὐτόνομος''': -ον, ὁ αὐτονομούμενος, ἀνεξάρτητος, ἐν ἀντιθέσει πρὸς τὸ τυραννευόμενος, ἐπὶ προσώπων καὶ [[πόλεων]], Ἡρόδ. 1. 96., 8. 140, 1, καὶ [[συχν]]. παρὰ Θουκ., π.χ. αὐτ. οἰκεῖν 2. 63· ἀφιέναι αὐτ. τινα 1. 139· αὐτ. ποιεῖν τινα 5. 33· [[προσέτι]], αὐτ. ἀπὸ τινος Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 5. 1, 36· ἡ [[πόλις]] . . ἐλευθέρα καὶ αὐτ. Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 340, κ. ἀλλ. 2) [[καθόλου]], κατ’ ἰδίαν ἐλευθέραν θέλησιν, ἀλλ’ [[αὐτόνομος]], ζῶσα μόνη δὴ θνητῶν Ἀΐδην καταβήσει Σοφ. Ἀντ. 821· πρβλ. Ξεν. Λακ. 3, 1. 3) ἐπὶ θηρίων, ὁ ζῶν καὶ περιφερόμενος ἐν τοῖς δρυμοῖς καὶ τοῖς ὄρεσιν ἐλευθέρως, Ἀνθ. Π. 7. 8. ― Ἐπίρρ. -μως Φωτ. Βιβλ. σ. 205. 31.