αὐθ-αίρετος, ον,
self-chosen, self-elected, στρατηγοί[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.7.29] Refs 5th c.BC+]; στεφανηφόρος voluntary, i.e. undertaking the duty at one's own expense, [[ “Ath.Mitt.” 36.159 (Syros, 2nd c.AD),compare “IG” 12(5).660,668; γυμνασίαρχος “OGI” 583.8; συνήγορος “POxy.” 1242.10] Refs 2nd c.AD+]. adverb -τως[[ “Inscription Magn.” 163.15, “PLond.” 2.280.7 (1st c.AD). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II by free choice, of one-self, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 931; αὐ. ἐξῆλθε NT.2Cor.8.17] NT+5th c.BC+]; independent, free, εὐβουλία[[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.78; ἡ τοῦ τέλους ἔφεσις οὐκ αὐ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1114b6. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III of things, due to one's own choice, ὄλβος[[ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus “fragment” 20] Refs 5th c.BC+]; usually of evils, self-incurred, πημοναί[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1231; οὐκ αὐθαίρετοι βροτοῖς ἔρωτες 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 339; νόσοι.. αἱ μέν εἰσ᾽ αὐ. [prev. work] 292.4] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κίνδυνοι, δουλεία, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.144, 6.40; θάνατος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.2.36; λῦπαι 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 634; δυστύχημα [prev. author] 618] Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -τως of free choice, [[ LXX.2Mac.6.19, +others, Mitteis “Chr.” 361 (4th c.AD)] LXX+4th c.AD+]; πείθεσθαί τινι[[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pelopidas” 24] Refs 1st c.AD+], independently, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Anach.” 34.] Refs 2nd c.AD+]