Related to: αὐτό-φωρος, ον,
(φώρ) self-detected, ἀμπλακήματα[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 51. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II mostly in the phrase ἐπ᾽ αὐτοφώρῳ λαμβάνειν to catch in the act, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.85, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.132; ἑλεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1214; ἐλέγχειν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.42: with _passive_ Verbs, ἐπ᾽ αὐτοφώρῳ ἁλῶναι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.72; εἰλῆφθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 455, 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 181: hence, ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 in a more general sense, notoriously, manifestly, ἐπιβουλεύοντας φανῆναι ἐπ᾽ αὐ.[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.137; ἐπ᾽ αὐ. αὐτὸν ἐλέγξω 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.30; τὸν θάνατόν τινος ἐπ. αὐ. μηχανωμένη 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.3; ἐπ᾽ αὐ. καταλαμβάνειν τινὰ ἀμαθέστερον ὄντα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 22b, compare “R.” 359c; ἐπ᾽ αὐ. εἴλημμαι πλουσιώτατος ὤν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 3.13; ἀξιῶ σε.. ἐπ᾽. αὐ. ταῦτά μοι ἐπιδεῖξαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.21; ἐπ᾽ αὐ. κλέπται ὄντες ἐξελεγχόμενοι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.10.] Refs 5th c.BC+]