αὐτό-χειρ, χειρος, ὁ, ἡ,
with one's own hand, creative, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 592 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; αὐ. λούειν, παίειν, κτείνειν, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 900, 1315, “Aj.” 57; τίνες ᾠκοδόμησα;—ὄρνιθες αὐτόχειρες 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1132 {αὐτοχειρί}, compare “Lys.” 269, 5th c.BC: Theopompus Comicus 86, NT.Act.27.19, etc.] NT+5th c.BC+]: with genitive, very doer, per-petrator of a thing, αὐ. τοῦδε τοῦ τάφου[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 306] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς ἀσελγείας ταύτης[[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.60] Refs 4th c.BC+]; αὐ. οὔτε τῶν ἀγαθῶν οὔτε τῶν κακῶν men who accomplish neither.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.150. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II absolutely, one who kills himself, suicide, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1175; αὐ. ἑαυτῶν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 502] Refs 5th c.BC+]; simply, murderer, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 231, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.116] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐτὸν.. νομίζω αὐτόχειρά μου γεγενῆσθαι τούτοις τοῖς ἔργοις [[[prev. work]106: with _genitive_, αὐ. καὶ φονεῖς τῶν πολιτῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.111, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 216; in full, τὸν αὐ. τοῦ φόνου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 266, compare “El.” 955, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.287. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III as adjective, murderous, especially of murder committed by one's own hand or by kinsmen, αὐ. θάνατος, σφαγή, μοῖρα, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 880, “Or.” 947, “Med.” 1281 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πληγέντες αὐτόχειρι σὺν μιάσματι, of brothers smitten by mutual slaughter, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 172; φόνος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 615c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]