αὐτο-έντης

αὐτο-έντης, ου, ὁ, in S.,

A = αὐθέντης, a murderer, OT107, El. 272: also in late Prose, D.C. 58.15 (s. v. l.).

αὐθέντ-ης, ου, ὁ, (cf. αὐτοέντης)

A murderer, Hdt.1.117, E.Rh. 873, Th.3.58;

τινός E.HF 1359

, A.R.2.754; suicide, Antipho 3.3.4, D.C.37.13: more loosely, one of a murderer's family, E.Andr. 172.

2 perpetrator, author,

πράξεως Plb.22.14.2

;

ἱεροσυλίας D.S.16.61

: generally, doer, Alex.Rh.p.2S.; master,

δῆμος αὐθέντης χθονός E.Supp. 442

; voc.

αὐθέντα ἥλιε PMag.Leid.W.6.46

; condemned by Phryn.96.

3 as Adj., ὅμαιμος αὐ. φόνος, αὐ. φάνατοι, murder by one of the same family, A.Eu. 212, Ag. 1572 (lyr.). (For αὐτο-ἕντης, cf. συν-έντης, ἁνύω; root sen-, sṇ-.)

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `author, perpetrator', also `murderer' (Hdt.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [906] * senH- `prepare, complete'

Etymology: The forms αὐτο-έντης (S.) and συνέντης συνεργός H. point to *ἕντης, the full grade of the root in ἁνύω `realize, complete', combined with αὐτός. The root is aniṭ from forms where the laryngeal was lost before vowel, Rikov, Orpheus 4 (1994) 63 - 66. The meaning `murderer' hardly as a euphemism (nor through association with θείνω, s. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 237ff.). - Improbable Kretschmer Glotta 3, 289ff. and 4, 340). - On the later history s. DELG.

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