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αὐτόχειρ, with one’s own hand

αὐτό-χειρ, χειρος, ὁ, ἡ,
  • with oneʼs own hand, creative, A. Supp. 592 (lyr.); αὐ. λούειν, παίειν, κτείνειν, S. Ant. 900, 1315, Aj. 57; τίνες ᾠκοδόμησαν; — ὄρνιθες αὐτόχειρες Ar. Av. 1132 sq., cf. Lys. 269, Theopomp.Com. 86, Act.Ap. 27.19, etc.: c. gen., very doer, perpetrator of a thing, αὐ. τοῦδε τοῦ τάφου S. Ant. 306; τῆς ἀσελγείας ταύτης D. 21.60; αὐ. οὔτε τῶν ἀγαθῶν οὔτε τῶν κακῶν men who accomplish neither . ., Isoc. 5.150.
    • II abs., one who kills himself, suicide, S. Ant. 1175; αὐ. ἑαυτῶν Arist. Fr. 502; simply, murderer, S. OT 231, D. 21.116; αὐτὸν . . νομίζω αὐτόχειρά μου γεγενῆσθαι τούτοις τοῖς ἔργοις ib. 106: c. gen., αὐ. καὶ φονεῖς τῶν πολιτῶν Isoc. 4.111, cf. Men. Sam. 216; in full, τὸν αὐ. τοῦ φόνου S. OT 266, cf. El. 955, D. 18.287.
    • III as Adj., murderous, esp. of murder committed by oneʼs own hand or by kinsmen, αὐ. θάνατος, σφαγή, μοῖρα, E. Ph. 880, Or. 947, Med. 1281 (lyr.); πληγέντες αὐτόχειρι σὺν μιάσματι, of brothers smitten by mutual slaughter, S. Ant. 172; φόνος Pl. R. 615c.
      • 2 αὐτόχειρα γράμματα written with oneʼs own hand, autograph, D.C. 59.4.

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