αὐτό-φωρος,ον, (φώρ)
A. self-detected,
ἀμπλακήματα
S. Ant. 51
.
II. mostly in the phraseἐπ' αὐτοφώρῳ λαμβάνεινto catchin the act,
Lys. 13.85 , D. 19.132 ; ἑλεῖν
E. Ion 1214
; ἐλέγχειν
Lys. 7.42
: with pass. Verbs, ἐπ' αὐτοφώρῳ ἁλῶναι
Hdt. 6.72
; εἰλῆφθαι
Ar. Pl. 455
, Eup. 181 : hence,
2. in a more general sense,notoriously, manifestly,
ἐπιβουλεύοντας φανῆναι ἐπ' αὐ.