αὐτοδίδακτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(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

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
Derived forms	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

→ 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)

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Declension

Descendants

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