αὐθάδ-ης, ες,
self-willed, stubborn, ἦσάν τε αὐθαδέστεροι[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.92; τὰς ὀργὰς αὐ. 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 24,compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1367a37] Refs 5th c.BC+]; surly, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 15.1; αὐθάδη φρονῶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 907 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a dog, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.25. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically of things, remorseless, σφηνὸς γνάθος αὐ. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 64. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 adverb -δως[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1020, “POxy.” 1242.41] Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -έστερον[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 34c] Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare αὐτώδης. (From αὐτο-ἁδης,[[compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Magna Moralia” 1192b33.)] Refs 4th c.BC+]