αὐτομολ-έω,
desert, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.82, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 26, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.77, etc.; αὐ. πρὸς τοὺς Πέρσας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.127, etc.; ἐς αὐτούς [prev. author] 3.154, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς Ἀθήνας ἐκ Περσέων[[ [prev. work] 160; παρά τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.7.13; εἰς τοὺς πολεμίους αὐτομολήσας οἴχεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.44. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically, αὐ. ἐν τῇ πολιτείᾳ keep changing sides, rat, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.75; αὐ. πρὸς τὴν ἐλευθερίαν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.26. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III come of one's own accord, τὰ θηρία πρὸς τὰς παγίδας -μολήσει[[ 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “de Ostentis” 39.] Refs 6th c.AD+]