mántis

From αὐτο- (auto-, “self”) + Proto-Hellenic *mətós, from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós, from *men- (“to think”) (whence μένος (ménos) and others).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /au̯.tó.ma.tos/ → /aɸˈto.ma.tos/ → /afˈto.ma.tos/

Adjective

αὐτόμᾰτος • (autómatos) m (feminine αὐτομᾰ́τη, neuter αὐτόμᾰτον); first/second declension
αὐτόμᾰτος • (autómatos) m or f (neuter αὐτόμᾰτον); second declension(Epic, Attic)

1. self-willed, unbidden
2. self-moving, self-propelled, spontaneous
3. (of plants) growing wild, unsown
4. without external cause or support, automatic
5. without cause, accidental, by chance