αὐτόμολος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

αὐτο- (auto-, “self”) +‎ μολ- (mol-), the root of βλώσκω (blṓskō, “to go, come”), + -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

αὐτόμολος • (autómolos) m (genitive αὐτομόλου); second declension (Attic, Ionic)

  1. deserter
    • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.156:
      Ταῦτα ἐντειλάμενος ἤιε ἐπὶ τὰς πύλας, ἐπιστρεφόμενος ὡς δὴ ἀληθέως αὐτόμολος.
      Taûta enteilámenos ḗie epì tàs púlas, epistrephómenos hōs dḕ alēthéōs autómolos.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.118
    • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.7.2

Usage notes

To express the side from which a person deserted, παρά (pará) with the genitive is used.

Declension

Second declension of ὁ αὐτόμολος; τοῦ αὐτομόλου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ αὐτόμολος
ho autómolos 		τὼ αὐτομόλω
tṑ automólō 		οἱ αὐτόμολοι
hoi autómoloi
Genitive τοῦ αὐτομόλου
toû automólou 		τοῖν αὐτομόλοιν
toîn automóloin 		τῶν αὐτομόλων
tôn automólōn
Dative τῷ αὐτομόλῳ
tōî automólōi 		τοῖν αὐτομόλοιν
toîn automóloin 		τοῖς αὐτομόλοις
toîs automólois
Accusative τὸν αὐτόμολον
tòn autómolon 		τὼ αὐτομόλω
tṑ automólō 		τοὺς αὐτομόλους
toùs automólous
Vocative αὐτόμολε
autómole 		αὐτομόλω
automólō 		αὐτόμολοι
autómoloi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • αὐτομολέω (automoléō)

References

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