αυθαίρετος

See also: αὐθαίρετος

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek αὐθαίρετος (authaíretos, “by free choice”), from αὐθ- (auth-), form of αὐτο- (auto-) + αἱρετός (hairetós) < verb αἱρέω (hairéō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈfθe.ɾe.tos/
• Hyphenation: αυ‧θαί‧ρε‧τος

Adjective

αυθαίρετος • (afthaíretos) m (feminine αυθαίρετη, neuter αυθαίρετο)

1. arbitrary (without logic)
2. unauthorised (UK), unauthorized (US)

Declension

Declension of αυθαίρετος

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	αυθαίρετος (afthaíretos)	αυθαίρετη (afthaíreti)	αυθαίρετο (afthaíreto)		αυθαίρετοι (afthaíretoi)	αυθαίρετες (afthaíretes)	αυθαίρετα (afthaíreta)
genitive	αυθαίρετου (afthaíretou)	αυθαίρετης (afthaíretis)	αυθαίρετου (afthaíretou)		αυθαίρετων (afthaíreton)	αυθαίρετων (afthaíreton)	αυθαίρετων (afthaíreton)
accusative	αυθαίρετο (afthaíreto)	αυθαίρετη (afthaíreti)	αυθαίρετο (afthaíreto)		αυθαίρετους (afthaíretous)	αυθαίρετες (afthaíretes)	αυθαίρετα (afthaíreta)
vocative	αυθαίρετε (afthaírete)	αυθαίρετη (afthaíreti)	αυθαίρετο (afthaíreto)		αυθαίρετοι (afthaíretoi)	αυθαίρετες (afthaíretes)	αυθαίρετα (afthaíreta)

Synonyms

• αθεώρητος (atheóritos)
• μη εξουσιοδοτημένος (mi exousiodotiménos)

Coordinate terms

• see: αυθεντία f (afthentía, “authority”)

Related terms

• αυθαιρεσία f (afthairesía, “abuse of power”)
• αυθαίρετα (afthaíreta, “without permission”, adverb)
• αυθαίρετο n (afthaíreto, “arbitrariness; unauthorised building”)
• αυθαιρετούχος (afthairetoúchos, “owning an illegal building”, adj)
• αυθαιρετώ (afthairetó, “to be arbitrary”)
• and see: αιρώ (airó, “to remove”)

Further reading

• αυθαίρετος - Georgakas, Demetrius, 1908-1990 (1960-2009) A Modern Greek-English Dictionary [MGED online, 2009. letter α only (abbreviations)], Centre for the Greek language
• αυθαίρετος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language