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).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈfθe.ɾe.tos/
- Hyphenation: αυ‧θαί‧ρε‧τος
Adjective
αυθαίρετος • (afthaíretos) m (feminine αυθαίρετη, neuter αυθαίρετο)
- arbitrary (without logic)
- unauthorised (UK), unauthorized (US)
Declension
| 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
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”, adjective)
- αυθαιρετώ (afthairetó, “to be arbitrary”)
- and see: αιρώ (airó, “to remove”)
References
- ^ αυθαίρετος - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
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