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1 self-sufficient
[selfsə'fiʃənt](not dependent on others for help etc: a self-sufficient community.) αυτάρκης -
2 self-sacrifice
(the act of sacrificing one's own desires etc in order to help others: With great self-sacrifice, she gave up the holiday to care for her sick aunt.) αυτοθυσία -
3 Free
adj.P. and V. ἐλεύθερος.Free politically: P. and V. ἐλεύθερος. P. αὐτόνομος.Generous: P. ἐλευθέριος, V. ἄφθονος.Open to all: P. ἐλεύθερος.Free of speech: P. and V. ἐλεύθερος, ἁπλοῦς, V. ἐλευθερόστομος, θρασύστομος.Be free of speech, v.: P. παρρησιάζεσθαι, V. ἐλευθεροστομεῖν, ἐξελευθεροστομεῖν, θρασυστομεῖν.( You) are free to: P. and V. πάρεστί (σοι) (with infin.), ἔξεστί (σοι) (with infin.), ἐξουσία ἐστί (σοι) (with infin.).Have a free hand in: P. ἐξουσίαν ἔχειν (gen.).Make free with: use P. and V. χρῆσθαι (dat.).Insult: P. and V. ὑβρίζειν (acc., or εἰς, acc.).Right of free speech, subs.: P. ἰσηγορία, ἡ.Voluntary: P. and V. ἑκούσιος.Self-chosen: P. and V. αὐθαίρετος.Free from: P. and V. ἐλεύθερος (gen.), ἄμοιρος (gen.) (Plat.), or use prep., P. and V. ἐκτός (gen.), ἔξω (gen.), V. ἐκποδών (gen.) (also Xen. but rare P.), ἔξωθεν (gen.).Whenever they attacked one another they could not easily get free: ἐπειδὴ προσβάλοιειν ἀλλήλοις οὐ ῥᾳδίως ἀπελύοντο (Thuc. 1, 49).——————v. trans.P. and V. ἐλευθεροῦν, λύειν, ἀφιέναι, ἀπαλλάσσειν, ἐκλύειν (or. mid.), ἀπολύειν (Eur., Or. 1236), ἐξαιρεῖσθαι, V. ἐξαπαλλάσσειν (pass. in Thuc.).Help in freeing: P. συνελευθεροῦν (acc.).They freed themselves from reproach: P. αἰτίαν ἀπελύσαντο (Thuc. 5, 75).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Free
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