αὐτό-μᾰτος, η, ον,
[[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] and Attic dialect; ος, ον [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 103, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 762a9, {5-6th c.BC}: Philetaerus Comicus 1 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “EP” 19 in “Hermes” 53.65] Refs 8th c.BC+].
__1 of persons, acting of one's own will, of oneself, αὐ. δέ οἱ ἦλθε[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.408; αὐ. φοιτῶσι Νοῦσοι 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 103; αὐ. ἥκω 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1190, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.91, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.25, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 of inanimate things, self-acting, spontaneous, of the gates of Olympus, αὐτόμαται δὲ πύλαι μύκον οὐρανοῦ[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.749 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the tripods of Hephaistos, which ran of themselves, ὄφρα οἱ αὐτόματοι.. δυσαίατ᾽ ἀγῶνα[[ 18.376, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 188; ὅπλα.. αὐ. φανῆναι ἔξω προκείμενα τοῦ νηοῦ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.37; τὰ αὐ. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]marionettes, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 734b10, 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Aut.” p] Refs 4th c.BC+] assim: generally, spontaneous, βίος[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 271e; ἔπαινος 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Gnomologium Vaticanum - Kleine Schriften” 64. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 of natural agencies, ὁ ποταμὸς αὐ. ἐπελθών of itself, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.14 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of plants, growing of themselves, αὐ. ἐκ τῆς γῆς γίνεται[[ [prev. author] 3.100; αὐ. φύεσθαι [prev. author] 2.94, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 171.11; κύτισος αὐ. ἔρχεται 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 98.8: _metaphorically_, αὐτόματα πάντ᾽ ἀγαθὰ.. ποριζεται 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 976, compare 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 160 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of philosophers, αὐ. ἀναφύονται[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 180c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]