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αὐτόφωρος

αὐτόφωρος, self-detected, caught in the act of theft

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αὐτοφώρω masculine nominative dual, masculine vocative dual, masculine accusative dual, feminine nominative dual, feminine vocative dual, feminine accusative dual, neuter nominative dual, neuter vocative dual, neuter accusative dual, masculine genitive singular, feminine genitive singular, neuter genitive singular of αὐτόφωρος

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αὐτό-φωρος, ον, (φώρ)
  • self-detected, ἀμπλακήματα S. Ant. 51.
    • II mostly in the phrase ἐπʼ αὐτοφώρῳ λαμβάνειν to catch in the act, Lys. 13.85, D. 19.132; ἑλεῖν E. Ion 1214; ἐλέγχειν Lys. 7.42: with pass. Verbs, ἐπʼ αὐτοφώρῳ ἁλῶναι Hdt. 6.72; εἰλῆφθαι Ar. Pl. 455, Eup. 181: hence,
      • 2 in a more general sense, notoriously, manifestly, ἐπιβουλεύοντας φανῆναι ἐπʼ αὐ. Hdt. 6.137; ἐπʼ αὐ. αὐτὸν ἐλέγξω Lys. 13.30; τὸν θάνατόν τινος ἐπ. αὐ. μηχανωμένη Antipho 1.3; ἐπʼ αὐ. καταλαμβάνειν τινὰ ἀμαθέστερον ὄντα Pl. Ap. 22b, cf. R. 359c; ἐπʼ αὐ. εἴλημμαι πλουσιώτατος ὤν X. Smp. 3.13; ἀξιῶ σε . . ἐπʼ. αὐ. ταῦτά μοι ἐπιδεῖξαι Lys. 1.21; ἐπʼ αὐ. κλέπται ὄντες ἐξελεγχόμενοι Aeschin. 3.10.

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