ΑΥ̓ΤΟΧΘΟΝΑΣ, αὐτοχθονας
AUTOCHTHONAS, autochthonas
Sounds Like: ow-TOKH-tho-nas
Translations: autochthonous, native, aboriginal, indigenous, natives, aboriginals
From the root: ΑΥ̓ΤΟΧΘΩΝ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes something or someone that is native to the land, having sprung from the land itself. It is often used to refer to the original inhabitants of a place, implying that they have always been there. It is a compound word formed from 'αὐτός' (autos), meaning 'self' or 'same', and 'χθών' (chthōn), meaning 'earth' or 'land'. In this form, it is an accusative plural, meaning it would function as the direct object of a verb or the object of a preposition, referring to multiple 'autochthonous ones' or 'natives'.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G0846 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 4:21
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΥ̓ΤΟΧΘΩΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΧΘΟΝΕΣ — autochthonous, native, indigenous, aboriginal
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΧΘΟΝΙ — native, aboriginal, indigenous
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΧΘΟΝΩΝ — of natives, of the indigenous people, of the autochthonous
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΧΘΟΣΙΝ — native, indigenous, aboriginal, a native, an indigenous person
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΧΘΩΝ — native, an aboriginal, an autochthon, born of the land itself
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