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αὐθέντης

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From αὐτο- (auto-, self) +‎ *ἕντης (*héntēs), from the full-grade of Proto-Indo-European *senh₁- (to prepare, work on, succeed) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agentive suffix), whence also ἀνύω (anúō, I effect, accomplish), συνέντης (sunéntēs, helper, accomplice).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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αὐθέντης (authéntēsm (genitive αὐθέντου); first declension

  1. a perpetrator of any act, especially that he commits a murder with his own hand
  2. a suicide, a person who has intentionally killed himself
  3. an absolute ruler, an autocrat

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: αφέντης m (aféntis), αυθέντης m (afthéntis) (see there for further descendants)
  • Turkish: efendi, efendim

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “αὐθέντης, -ου”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 169

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