- αὐθέντης
- αὐθέντης, -ουGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `author, perpetrator', also `murderer' (Hdt.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [906] *senH- `prepare, complete'Etymology: The forms αὐτο-έντης (S.) and συνέντης συνεργός H. point to *ἕντης, the full grade of the root in ἁνύω `realize, complete', combined with αὐτός. The root is aniṭ from forms where the laryngeal was lost before vowel, Rikov, Orpheus 4 (1994) 63 - 66. The meaning `murderer' hardly as a euphemism (nor through association with θείνω, s. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 237ff.). - Improbable Kretschmer Glotta 3, 289ff. and 4, 340) . - On the later history s. DELG.Page in Frisk: 1,185
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.