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|Definition=αὐτόματη, αὐτόματον, Hom. and Att.; αὐτόματος, αὐτόματον ''Hes.Op.''103, ''Arist.GA'' 762a9, ''Philetaer. 1'' D., Hp.EP19 in Hermes 53.65.<br><span class="bld">1</span> of persons, [[acting of one's own will]], [[of oneself]], αὐ. δέ οἱ ἦλθε ''Il.2.408''; αὐ. φοιτῶσι Νοῦσοι ''Hes.Op.''103; αὐ. ἥκω ''Ar.Pl.''1190, cf. ''Th.6.91'', ''D.S.2.25'', etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of [[inanimate]] things, [[self-acting]], [[spontaneous]], of the [[gate]]s of [[Olympus]], αὐτόμαται δὲ πύλαι μύκον οὐρανοῦ ''Il.5.749''; of the tripods of Hephaistos, which ran of themselves, ὄφρα οἱ αὐτόματοι… δυσαίατ' ἀγῶνα ''18.376'', cf. ''Pl.Com.188''; ὅπλα… αὐ. φανῆναι ἔξω προκείμενα τοῦ νηοῦ ''Hdt.8.37''; [[τὰ αὐτόματα]] = [[marionette]]s, ''Arist.GA''734b10, Hero Aut. passim: generally, [[spontaneous]], βίος ''Pl.Plt.''271e; ἔπαινος ''Epicur. Sent.Vat.''64.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of natural agencies, ὁ ποταμὸς αὐ. [[ἐπελθών]] [[of itself]], ''Hdt.2.14''; of plants, [[growing of themselves]], αὐ. ἐκ τῆς γῆς γίνεται ''Id.3.100''; αὐ. [[φύεσθαι]] ''Id.2.94'', ''Thphr.Fr.''171.11; [[κύτισος]] αὐ. ἔρχεται ''Cratin.98.8'': metaph., αὐτόματα πάντ' ἀγαθὰ… πορίζεται ''Ar. Ach.''976, cf. ''Cratin.160''; of philosophers, αὐ. ἀναφύονται ''Pl.Tht.'' 180c.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of events, [[happening of themselves]], [[without external agency]], αὐ. δεσμὰ διελύθη ''E.Ba.''447; αὐτόματος [[θάνατος]] = [[natural]] [[death]], ''D. 18.205''; κόποι αὐτόματοι = [[not to be accounted for externally]], ''Hp.Aph.''2.5; ἀπό τινος αἰτίας αὐτομάτης ''Pl.Sph.''265c; [[without visible cause]], [[accidental]], opp. [[ἀπὸ πείρης]], ''Hdt.7.9''.γ.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[αὐτόματον]], τό, [[accident]], [[τὸ αὐτόματον]] [[αἰτιᾶσθαι]] ''Lys.6.25''; σε ταὐ. ἀποσέσωκε ''Men.Epit.''568; διὰ [[τὸ αὐτόματον]] ''Arist.Ph.''195b33; τὸ αὐτόματον ἀγαπῶντες ''Id.Ath.''8.5; [[τῷ αὐτομάτῳ]], opp. [[τέχνῃ]], ''Id.Metaph.''1070a7: most freq. in the form [[ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτομάτου]] or [[ἀπὸ ταὐτομάτου]], [[ἀποθανέειν]] [[ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτομάτου]] ''Hdt.2.66'', cf. ''Th.2.77'', ''Pl. Ap.''38c, al., ''Arist.Po.''1452a5, al., ''Men.Pk.''31; ἐκ τοῦ αὐ. ''X.An.''1.3.13; [[τὸ Αὐτόματον]] personified, Ath.Mitt.35.458 (Pergam.); ταὐτόματόν ἐστιν ὡς ἔοικέ που θεός ''Men.291''.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[αὐτομάτως]] = [[ἀπὸ ταὐτομάτου]], [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in ''Hdt.2.180'', ''Hp.Fract.''43, ''Arist.PA''640a27, al., ''Theoc.21.27''; [[of itself]], [[κοχλίας]] [[αὐτομάτως]] [[βαδίζω|βαδίζων]] ''Plb.12.13.11'':—also [[αὐτοματεί]] or [[αὐτοματί]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]).