αὐτοδίδακτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αὐτο- (auto-) +‎ διδακτός (didaktós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /au̯.to.dí.dak.tos/ → /aɸ.toˈði.ðak.tos/ → /af.toˈði.ðak.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /au̯.to.dí.dak.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aʍ.toˈdi.dak.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɸ.toˈði.ðak.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /af.toˈði.ðak.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /af.toˈði.ðak.tos/

Adjective

αὐτοδίδακτος • (autodídaktos) m or f (neuter αὐτοδίδακτον); second declension

1. self-taught

Declension

Second declension of αὐτοδῐ́δᾰκτος; αὐτοδῐ́δᾰκτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		αὐτοδῐ́δᾰκτος autodĭ́dăktos	αὐτοδῐ́δᾰκτον autodĭ́dăkton		αὐτοδῐδᾰ́κτω autodĭdắktō	αὐτοδῐδᾰ́κτω autodĭdắktō		αὐτοδῐ́δᾰκτοι autodĭ́dăktoi	αὐτοδῐ́δᾰκτᾰ autodĭ́dăktă
Genitive		αὐτοδῐδᾰ́κτου autodĭdắktou	αὐτοδῐδᾰ́κτου autodĭdắktou		αὐτοδῐδᾰ́κτοιν autodĭdắktoin	αὐτοδῐδᾰ́κτοιν autodĭdắktoin		αὐτοδῐδᾰ́κτων autodĭdắktōn	αὐτοδῐδᾰ́κτων autodĭdắktōn
Dative		αὐτοδῐδᾰ́κτῳ autodĭdắktōi	αὐτοδῐδᾰ́κτῳ autodĭdắktōi		αὐτοδῐδᾰ́κτοιν autodĭdắktoin	αὐτοδῐδᾰ́κτοιν autodĭdắktoin		αὐτοδῐδᾰ́κτοις autodĭdắktois	αὐτοδῐδᾰ́κτοις autodĭdắktois
Accusative		αὐτοδῐ́δᾰκτον autodĭ́dăkton	αὐτοδῐ́δᾰκτον autodĭ́dăkton		αὐτοδῐδᾰ́κτω autodĭdắktō	αὐτοδῐδᾰ́κτω autodĭdắktō		αὐτοδῐδᾰ́κτους autodĭdắktous	αὐτοδῐ́δᾰκτᾰ autodĭ́dăktă
Vocative		αὐτοδῐ́δᾰκτε autodĭ́dăkte	αὐτοδῐ́δᾰκτον autodĭ́dăkton		αὐτοδῐδᾰ́κτω autodĭdắktō	αὐτοδῐδᾰ́κτω autodĭdắktō		αὐτοδῐ́δᾰκτοι autodĭ́dăktoi	αὐτοδῐ́δᾰκτᾰ autodĭ́dăktă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		αὐτοδῐδᾰ́κτως autodĭdắktōs			αὐτοδῐδᾰκτότερος autodĭdăktóteros			αὐτοδῐδᾰκτότᾰτος autodĭdăktótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

• → Danish: autodidakt
• → Dutch: autodidact
• → English: autodidact
• → Esperanto: aŭtodidakto
• → Finnish: autodidakti
• → French: autodidacte
  • Turkish: otodidakt
• → German: Autodidakt
• → Italian: autodidatta
• → Macedonian: автодидакт (avtodidakt)
• → Romanian: autodidact
• → Russian: автодида́кт (avtodidákt)
• → Serbo-Croatian: autodìdakt
• → Swedish: självlärd (calque)
• → Ukrainian: автодида́кт (avtodydákt)

Further reading

• “αὐτοδίδακτος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• αὐτοδίδακτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αὐτοδίδακτος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• αὐτοδίδακτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “αὐτοδίδακτος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “αὐτοδίδακτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press