αὐτό-μᾰτος,η,ον, Hom. and Att. ;ος,ον
Hes. Op. 103 , Arist. GA 762a9 , Philetaer. 1
D. , Hp. EP 19 in Hermes 53.65 .
1. of persons,acting of one's own will, of oneself,
αὐ. δέ οἱ ἦλθε
Il. 2.408
; αὐ. φοιτῶσι Νοῦσοι
Hes. Op. 103
; αὐ. ἥκω
Ar. Pl. 1190
, cf. Th. 6.91 , D.S. 2.25 , etc.
2. of inanimate things,self-acting, spontaneous,of the gates of Olympus, αὐτόμαται δὲ πύλαι μύκον οὐρανοῦ
Il. 5.749
; of the tripods of Hephaistos, which ran of themselves, ὄφρα οἱ αὐτόματοι . . δυσαίατ' ἀγῶνα
18.376
, cf. Pl.Com. 188 ; ὅπλα . . αὐ. φανῆναι ἔξω προκείμενα τοῦ νηοῦ