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αὐτόματος

αὐτόματος

See also: αυτόματος

Ancient Greek

Adjective

αὐτόματος (autómatos) m (feminine αὐτομάτη, neuter αὐτόματον); first/second declension

  1. self-willed, unbidden
  2. self-moving, self-propelled
  3. (of plants) growing wild, unsown
  4. without external cause or support
  5. without cause, accidental, by chance

Inflection

  • In Homeric and Attic it is simply -ος, -ον.

Related terms

  • μέμονα (mémona)
  • μένος (ménos)

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