αὐτοκτόνος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[self-slaying]], [[self-killing]], [[χεὶρ αὐτοκτόνος]] = [[self-slaying hand]], of [[Medea]], [[who slew her own children]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1254</span> (lyr.). Adv. [[αὐτοκτόνως]] = [[with one's own hand]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1635</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[slaying one another]], χέρες <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>810</span>; [[θάνατος αὐτοκτόνος]] = [[mutual death by each other's hand]], ib.<span class="bibl">681</span>; [[δῶρα αὐτοκτόνα]] = [[gifts that bring death]] <span class="title">AP</span>7.152 (Leont.). [[ἄνδρες τεθνᾶσιν ἐκ χερῶν αὐτοκτόνων]] = [[the men are dead, murdered by their very own hands]], Aeschylus, ''Seven Against Thebes'', 805. Adv. [[αὐτοκτόνως]] <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>734</span> (lyr.).</span>