αὐτό-χειρ, χειρος, ὁ, ἡ,
with one's own hand, creative, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; αὐ. λούειν, παίειν, κτείνειν, [
NT+5th c.BC+]: with
genitive,
very doer, per-petrator of a thing, αὐ. τοῦδε τοῦ τάφου[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς ἀσελγείας ταύτης[
Refs 4th c.BC+]; αὐ. οὔτε τῶν ἀγαθῶν οὔτε τῶν κακῶν
men who accomplish neither, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
absolutely,
one who kills himself, suicide, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; simply,
murderer, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐτὸν. νομίζω αὐτόχειρά μου γεγενῆσθαι τούτοις τοῖς ἔργοις [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III) as
adjective,
murderous, especially of murder
committed by one's own hand or
by kinsmen, αὐ. θάνατος, σφαγή, μοῖρα, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πληγέντες αὐτόχειρι σὺν μιάσματι, of brothers smitten by
mutual slaughter, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2) αὐτόχειρα γράμματα
written with one's own hand, autograph, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]