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Strong G846αὐτός

it/s/he

Transliteration
autos
Pronunciation
ow-tos'
Morphology
Greek Personal Pronoun (3rd person)

Definition

From the particle αὖ au (perhaps akin to the base of G109 through the idea of a baffling wind; backward); the reflexive pronoun self used (alone or in the compound of G1438) of the third person and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons: - her it (-self) one the other (mine) own said ([self-] the) same ([him- my- thy-]) self [your-] selves she that their (-s) them ([-selves]) there [-at -by -in -into -of -on -with] they (these) things this (man) those together very which. Compare G848 .

Detailed definition

αὐτός, -ή, -ό,
determinative pron., in late Gk. much more frequently than in cl. (WM, 178f.; Jannaris, HGG, §1399).

1. Emphatic (so always in nom. exc. when preceded by the art., see infr., iii);
__(1) self (ipse), expressing opposition, distinction, exclusion, etc., αὐ. ἐκχυθήσεται, Luk.5:37; αὐ. ἐγινώσκεν, Jhn.2:25; αὐ.ὑμεῖς, Jhn.3:28; καὶ αὐ. ἐγώ, Rom.15:14; αὐ. Ἰησοῦς, Jhn.2:24; αὐ. καὶ οἱ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ, Mrk.2:25; ὑμεῖς αὐ., Mrk.6:31; esp. (as freq in cl.) αὐ. ὁ, Mat.3:4, Mrk.6:17, Jhn.16:27, 1Th.3:11, al.; in late Gk., sometimes weakened, ἐν αὐτῇ τ. ὥρᾳ, in that hour, Luk.10:21 (M, Pr., 91; MM, see word);
__(2) emphatic, he, she, it (M, Pr., 86; Bl., §48, 1, 2, 7), Mat.1:21, 12:50, Luk.6:35, al.; pointing to some one as master (cl.), Mat.8:24, Mrk.4:38, al.; αὐ., καὶ αὐ. = οὗτος, ὁ δε (BL, §48, 1), Mat.14:2, Mrk.14:15, 44, Luk.1:22, 2:28, al.

2. In oblique cases (cl.), for the simple pron. of 3rd of person(s), he, she, it, Mat.7:9, 10:12, 26:44, al.; with ptcp. in genitive absol., Mat.9:18, Mrk.13:1, al. (for irreg. constructions, V. Bl., §74, 5); pleonastically after the relative (cf. Heb. אֲשֶׁר לוֹ; WM, 184ff.; Bl., §50, 4; MM, see word), Mrk.7:25, Rev.3:8, 7:2, al.; in constr. ad sensum, without proper subject expressly indicated, Mat.4:23, Act.8:5, 2Co.2:13, al.; genitive αὐτοῦ = ἐκείνου, Rom.11:11, 1Th.2:19, Tit.3:5, Heb.2:4.

3. ὁ, ἡ, τὸ αὐ., the same: Heb.1:12, 13:8; τὸ αὐ., ποιεῖν, Mat.5:46, 47, al.; φρονεῖν, Rom.12:16, 15:5, Php.2:2, al.; τὰ αὐ., Act.15:27, Rom.2:1, al.; κατὰ τὸ (τὰ) αὐ. (MM, see word), Act.14:1, Luk.6:23, al.; ἐπὶ τὸ αὐ., together (MM, see word), Mat.22:34, Act.1:15, al.; ἓν κ. τὸ αὐ., 1Co.11:5, 12:11; with dative (cl.), 1Co.11:5; with a noun, λόγος, Mrk.14:39; μέτρος, Php.1:30; πνεῦμα, 1Co.12:4.
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In the Bible

Strong G846 appears in 3,774 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • him1,278
  • his922
  • them711
  • unto702
  • their273
  • he244
  • it162
  • her157
  • they118
  • same78
  • himself54
  • own43

First verses

  1. Matthew 1:2
    Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
  2. Matthew 1:11
    And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
  3. Matthew 1:18
    Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
  4. Matthew 1:19
    Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
  5. Matthew 1:20
    But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
  6. Matthew 1:21
    And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
  7. Matthew 1:23
    Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
  8. Matthew 1:24
    Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
  9. Matthew 1:25
    And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
  10. Matthew 2:2
    Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
  11. Matthew 2:3
    When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
  12. Matthew 2:4
    And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
  13. Matthew 2:5
    And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
  14. Matthew 2:7
    Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
  15. Matthew 2:8
    And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
  16. Matthew 2:9
    When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
  17. Matthew 2:11
    And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
  18. Matthew 2:12
    And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
  19. Matthew 2:13
    And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
  20. Matthew 2:14
    When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
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αὐτός
(Cretan dialect ἀϝτός [Refs (“GDI” 4976, +others), αὐτή, αὐτό)] (also αὐτόν[Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 3.4, +others))], reflexive pronoun, self:—in oblique cases used for the personal pronoun, him, her, it:—with Article, ὁ αὐτός, ἡ αὐτή, τὸ αὐτό (also ταὐτόν), etc., the very one, the same.
I self, myself, thyself, etc., accusative to the person of the Verb: frequently joined with ἐγώ, σύ, etc. (see. below 10),
I.1 one's true self, the soul, not the body, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.602)]; reversely, body, not soul, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.4)]; oneself, as opposed to others who are less prominent, as king to subject, [Refs (6.18; Zeus to other gods, 8.4; bird to young, 2.317)]; man to wife and children, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.265)]; warrior to horses, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.466)], or to weapons, [Refs (1.47)]; shepherd to herd, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.167, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.51; Trojans to allies, 11.220)]; seamen to ships, [Refs (7.338)]: generally, whole to parts,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 474; so later ἡ σίδη καὶ αὐτὴ καὶ τὰ φύλλα 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.10.7, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 1.19, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 511e, etc.; αὐτή τε Μανδάνη καὶ τὸν υἱὸν ἔχουσα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.1; αὐ. τε καὶ τὰ ποιήματα βουλόμενος ἐπιδεῖξαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 398a)]: absolutely, the Master, as in the [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus phrase Αὐτὸς ἔφα,)] Latin Ipse dixit; so τίς οὗτος..;— Αὐτός, i.e. Socrates, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 218)]; ἀναβόησον Αὐτόν[Refs ([prev. work] 219; ἀνοιγέτω τις δώματ᾽· Αὐτὸς ἔρχεται)]the Master, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 268, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 314d, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 2.4, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 41: αὐ. ἀϋτεῖ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 24.50: _neuter_, αὐτὸ σημανεῖ)] the result will show, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 623; αὐτὸ δηλώσει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.157; αὐτὰ δηλοῖ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 329b; αὐτὸ διδάξει [prev. work] 324a)]; especially αὐτὸ δείξει[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 177, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 288b, compare “Tht.” 200e; in full, τάχ᾽ αὐτὸ δείξει τοὔργον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 388; τοὔργον τάχ᾽ αὐτὸ δείξει 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 375; reduplicate, αὐτός θ᾽ ὁ χρήσας αὐτὸς ἦν ὁ μαρτυρῶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 798)]; of things, the very, ὑπὸ λόφον αὐτόν, i.e. just, exactly under.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.615)]; πρὸς αὐταῖς ταῖς θύραις close by the door, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.12)]; αὐτὸ τὸ δέον the very thing needed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.7.7; αὐτὸ ὃ μάλιστα ἔδει ῥηθῆναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 362d)]; αὐτὸ τὸ περίορθρον the point of dawn, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.3)]; αὐτὰ τὰ ἐναντία the very opposite, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.5.7; αὐτὰ τὰ χρήσιμα καὶ ἀναγκαῖα 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Thucydide” 23)]; even, οὔ μοι μέλει ἄλγος οὔτ᾽ αὐτῆς Ἑκάβης[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.451; εἴ περ ἂν αὐταὶ Μοῦσαι ἀείδοιεν 2.597.)] —In these senses αὐτός in Prose either precedes both the _Article_ and substantive, or follows both, e.g. αὐτὸς ὁ υἱός or ὁ υἱὸς αὐτός. The Article is sometimes omitted with proper names, or Nouns denoting individuals, αὐτὸς Μένων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.1.5; αὐτὸς βασιλεύς [prev. work] 1.7.11.)]
I.2 of oneself, of one's own accord, ἀλλά τις αὐ. ἴτω[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.254; σπεύδοντα καὶ αὐτὸν ὀτρύνεις 8.293; καταπαύσομεν· οἱ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ παυέσθων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.168; ἥξει γὰρ αὐτά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 341)]; also, in person, τῶν πραγμάτων ὑμῖν.. αὐτοῖς ἀντιληπτέον[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.2.)]
I.3 by oneself or itself, alone, αὐτός περ ἐών although alone, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.99)]; αὐτὸς ἐγείναο παῖδ᾽, i.e. without a mother,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (5.880, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 924; ἀνακομισθῆναι αὐτὸν ἐς Φάληρον)]by himself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.85)]; αὐτοὶ γάρ ἐσμεν we are by ourselves, i.e. among friends, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 504, compare “Th.” 472, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 137b, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 6.70, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.755c, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 10.2; αὐτοῖς τοῖς ἀνδράσι.. ἢ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.7; ἄνευ τοῦ σίτου τὸ ὄψον αὐτὸ ἐσθίειν [prev. author] “Mem.” 3.14.3; τὸν τρίβωνα ὃν αὐτὸν φορεῖ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 22.13 (probably))]; αὐτὰ γὰρ ἔστιν ταῦτα these and no others, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 21.13, +others: strengthened, αὐτὸς κτήσατο οἶος)] himself alone, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.450)]; αὐτὸς μόνος, see at {μόνος} II; αὐτὸς καθ᾽ αὑτόν, see at {ἑαυτοῦ}.
I.4 in Philosophy, by or in itself, of an abstract concept or idea, δίκαιον αὐτό[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 65d; αὐτὸ τὸ ἕν [prev. author] “Prm.” 143a, +others, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 997b8: _neuter_, αὐτό)] is frequently in this sense, attached to Nouns of all genders, οὐκ αὐτὸ δικαιοσύνην ἐπαινοῦντες ἀλλὰ τὰς ἀπ᾽ αὐτῆς εὐδοκιμήσεις[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 363a; less frequently with _Article_, τί ποτ᾽ ἐστὶν αὐτὸ ἡ ἀρετή [prev. author] “Prt.” 360e)]; more fully, εἰ αὐτὸ τοῦτο πατέρα ἠρώτων, ἆρα ὁ πατήρ ἐστι πατήρ τινος, ἢ ο; [Refs ([prev. author] “Smp.” 199d)]; ἀδελφός, αὐτὸ τοῦτο ὅπερ ἔστιν the ideal, abstract brother, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. passage]e: later, in _composition_, αὐτοαγαθόν, αὐτοάνθρωπος, etc. (which see),compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1040b33)]; less frequently agreeing with the substantive, ἵνα αὐτὴ δικαιοσύνη πρὸς ἀδικίαν αὐτὴν κριθείη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 612c, etc.; doubled, ἐκ τῆς εἰκόνος μανθάνειν αὐτήν τε αὐτήν, εἰ καλῶς εἴκασται)]its very self, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cra.” 439a.)]
I.5 in dative with substantive, in one, together, ἀνόρουσεν αὐτῇ σὺν φόρμιγγι he sprang up lyre in hand, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.194)]; αὐτῇ σὺν πήληκι κάρη helmet and all,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (14.498, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.118; αὐτῷ σὺν ἄγγει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 32, compare “Hipp.” 1213; also without σύν, αὐτῇ κεν γαίῃ ἐρύσαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.24: so frequently in Prose and Poetry, αὐτοῖς ἀνδράσι)] men and all, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.93)]; αὐτοῖσι συμμάχοισι allies and all, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 223 (Lyric poetry); αὐτοῖς μελάθροις διακναιομένους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 164: with _Article_, αὐτοῖσι τοῖσι ἱματίοισι ἀπ᾽ ὦν ἔβαψε ἑωυτόν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.47; αὐτοῖσι τοῖς πόρπαξι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 849, etc.; αὐτοῖς τοῖς ἵπποις κατακρημνισθῆναι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.7.)]
I.6 added to ordinal Numbers, e.g. πέμπτος αὐτός himself the fifth, i. e. himself with four others, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.46, compare 8.35, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.2.17, NT.Rev.17.11, etc.:—αὐτός always being the chief person.)]
I.7 frequently coupled with οὗτος, τοῦτ᾽ αὐτό ἐστι τὸ ζητηθέν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 267c, etc.; αὐτὸ τοῦτο μόνον [prev. author] “Grg.” 500b; also λεγόντων ἄλλο μὲν οὐδέν.. αὐτὰ δὲ τάδε 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.139; πόλεις ἄλλας τε καὶ αὐτὸ τοῦτο τὸ Βυζάντιον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.1.27)]; ταῦτα ἥκω αὐτὰ ἵνα.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 310e.)]
I.8 καὶ αὐτός himself too, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.73, 14.45, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.5.9, etc.)]
I.9 repeated in apodosi for emphasis, αὐτὸς ἐπαγγειλάμενος σώσειν.. αὐτὸς ἀπώλεσεν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.68, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 350, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.4.)]
I.10 in connexion with the person. pronoun, ἐγὼν αὐτός[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.194; σέθεν αὐτοῦ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.312; νωΐτερον αὐτῶν 15.39 (always divisim in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus))]; followed by an enclitic pronoun, αὐτόν μιν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.244; so αὐτὸν γάρ σε δεῖ Προμηθέως 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 86; also αὐτὸς ἔγωγε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 59b, etc.:— after 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus in the oblique cases αὐτός coalesces with the _pronoun_, ἐμαυτοῦ, σεαυτοῦ (these not in 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus or 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 80.10 ff.), ἑαυτοῦ, etc. (which see).)]
I.10.b with person. pronoun omitted, αὐτός.. ἧσθαι λιλαίομαι, for ἐγὼ αὐτός, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.252)]; αὐτὸν ἐλέησον, for ἐμὲ αὐτόν,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (24.503; αὐτῶν γὰρ ἀπωλόμεθ᾽ ἀφραδίῃσιν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.27; in 2.33 οἱ αὐτῷ)] is simply a strengthened form of ο; and so in Attic dialect, when σὲ αὐτόν, ἐμοὶ αὐτῷ, etc., are read divisim, they are emphatic, not reflexive; in this case αὐτός generally precedes the person. pronoun,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.25 with 6.1.14.)]
I.10.c with the reflexive ἑαυτοῦ, αὑτοῦ, etc., to add force and definiteness, αὐτὸς καθ᾽ αὑτοῦ[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 406)]; αὐτοὶ ὑφ᾽ αὑτῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 194; αὐτοὶ καθ᾽ αὑτούς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.4; αὐτὸ καθ᾽ αὑτό 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 201e)]; sometimes between the Article and reflexive pronoun, τοῖς αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ πήμασιν βαρύνεται[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 836, compare “Pr.” 762; τούς γ᾽ αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ πολεμίους 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1132: also κατ᾽ αὐτὺ (_Boeotian dialect_ for αὐτοὶ) αὐτῶν “IG” 7.3172.121 (Orchom. _Boeotian dialect_).)]
I.10.d αὐτοῦ, αὐτῶν with possessive pronoun, πατρὸς κλέος ἠδ᾽ ἐμὸν αὐτοῦ[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.446; θρῆνον.. ἐμὸν τὸν αὐτῆς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1323; ἐχθρὸς ὢν τοῖς σοῖσιν αὐτοῦ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 416)]; τοῖς οἷσιν αὐτοῦ[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1248; αὐτῶν σφετέρῃσιν ἀτασθαλίῃσιν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.7; τοῖς ἡμετέροις αὐτῶν φίλοις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.1.29.)]
I.10.e αὐτὸς ἑαυτοῦ with comparative and superlative adjective, αὐτὸς ἑωυτοῦ ῥέει πολλῷ ὑποδεέστερος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.25; τῇ εὐρυτάτη ἐστὶ αὐτὴ ἑωυτῆς [prev. author] 1.203.)]
I.11 αὐτός for ὁ αὐτός, the same, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.225, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.107, 16.138, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.1 (never in Trag.))], and in later Prose, αὐταῖς ταῖς ἡμέραις[NT+2nd c.AD+ (“IG” 14.966 (2nd c.AD),cf. NT.Luke.23.12.)]
I.12 comparative αὐτότερος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 5)]: superlative αὐτότατος his very self, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 83: _neuter_ _plural_ αὐτότατα uncertain in 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” 80)]. adverb, comparative αὐτοτέρως[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).431.)]
II he, she, it, for the simple pronoun of 3 person, only in oblique cases (except in later Gk., [NT (NT.Luke.4.15, etc.))], and rarely first in a sentence, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 194e, and later, NT.Eph.2.10, etc.)]: rare in Epic dialect, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.204 (where 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus treated it as enclitic))], and mostly emphatic,[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 14.457, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.388)]; so in Trag., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 421)]: in Prose, to recall a Noun used earlier in the sentence, ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν βασιλέα.. οὐκ οἶδα ὅ τι δεῖ αὐτὸν ὀμόσαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.4.7; πειράσομαι τῷ πάππῳ.. συμμαχεῖν αὐτῷ [prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.3.15; ἄνδρα δὴ.. εἰ ἀφίκοιτο εἰς τὴν πόλιν, προσκυνοῖμεν ἂν αὐτόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 398a)]; after a Relative, ὅς κε θεοῖς ἐπιπείθηται.. ἔκλυον αὐτοῦ[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.218; οὓς μὴ εὕρισκον, κενοτάφιον αὐτοῖς ἐποίησαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6. 4.9, compare 1.9.29)]; especially where a second Verb requires a change of case in the pronoun, οἳ ἂν ἐξελεγχθῶσι.. ὡς προδότας αὐτοὺς ὄντας τιμωρηθῆναι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “An.” 2.5.27; ἐκεῖνοι οἷς οὐκ ἐχαρίζονθ᾽ οἱ λέγοντες οὐδ᾽ ἐφίλουν αὐτούς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.24; in subdivisions, ὅσοι.. οἱ μὲν αὐτῶν.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.1.1, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 168e)]; later, pleonastically after a Relative, ὧν ὁ μὲν αὐτῶν[NT+5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 43, cf. NT.Luke.3.16, NT.Rev.7.2, etc.: in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 316 αὐτοῖς is emphatic 'in their own persons'.)]
III with Article ὁ αὐτός, ἡ αὐτή, τὸ αὐτό, and Attic dialect contraction αὑτός, αὑτή, ταὐτό and ταὐτόν (as required by the metre,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 734 with 325, and in Prose to avoid hiatus): _genitive_ ταὐτοῦ, _dative_ ταὐτῷ,)] plural neuter ταὐτ; Ionic dialect ὡυτός, τὠυτό:—the very one, the same, rare in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.391, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.55, 326; ὁ αὐ. εἰμι τῇ γνώμῃ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.38, compare 5.75; ἐπὶ τὸ αὐ. αἱ γνῶμαι ἔφερον [prev. author] 1.79)]: with dative, to denote sameness or agreement, especially in Prose, τὠυτὸ ἂν ὑμῖν ἐπρήσσομεν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.119; τὸν αὐτὸν χῶρον ἐκλιπὼν ἐμοί 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 543)]; ὁ αὐτὸς τῷ λίθῳ the same as the stone, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 298a)]; ἐν ταὐτῷ εἶναί τινι to be in the place with.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.27)]; προσίεσθαί τινα ἐς ταὐτὸ ἑαυτῷ to have a person meet one,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 30, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 210; κατὰ ταὐτὰ τῷ Νείλῳ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.20; τῇ αὐτῇ.. καί [prev. author] 4.109; τὴν αὐτὴν διάνοιαν καὶ κατ᾽ ἐκείνην ἡλικίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.83; ὁ αὐτός.. ὥσπερ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 86a; ἐς ταὐτὸν ἀλλήλοις)]face to face, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.5a0.)]
III.2 in later Greek, the said, the above-named, Ἡρώδης ὁ αὐ.[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PLille” 23.8 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]
IV Adverbial phrases:
IV.1 αὐτὸ μόνον simply, merely, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.252, etc.; αὐ. μόνον ἐργάτης 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Somn.” 9; αὐ. μόνον τὸ ὄνομα τῆς φωνῆς 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 22.20.)]
IV.2 αὐτό as adverb, ={ἄρτι}, [Refs (“epigram Gr.” 540.1 (from Thrace).)]
IV.3 αὐτὸ τοῦτο as adverb, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (“PGrenf.” 1.114 (2nd c.BC), NT.2Pet.1.5; τῆς αὐτὸ τοῦτο κινουμένης σφαίρας 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de communi mathematica scientia” 17.)]
IV.4 with Preps., ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό added together, making a total, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PLond. 2.196.37 (2nd c.AD))]; κατὰ τὸ αὐτό together, at the same time,[NT (NT.Acts.14.1)], etc.; but κατ᾽ αὐτό just then, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.12.3.)]
V In Compos.:
V.1 of or by oneself, self-.., as in αὐτοδίδακτος, αὐτογνώμων, αὐτόματος: and so, independently, as in αὐτοκράτωρ, αὐτόνομος.
V.2 hence, as a second self, very.., bodily, as with proper names, Αὐτοθαΐς.
V.3 in the abstract, the ideal, see above[Refs (1.4.)]
V.4 precisely, as in αὐτόδεκα.
V.5 rarely with reflexive sense of ἀλλήλων, as in αὐτοκτονέω.
V.6 in one piece with, together with, as in αὐτόκωπος, αὐτοχείλης, αὐτόπρεμνος, αὐτόρριζος.
V.7 by itself: hence, only, as in αὐτόξυλος, αὐτόποκος.—For αὐτοῦ, αὐτῶς, etc., see the respective Arts.