ΤΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΑΤΟΝ, ταὐτοματον
TAUTOMATON, tautomaton
Sounds Like: tow-too-MAH-ton
Translations: that which comes of itself, a spontaneous occurrence, an automatic thing
From the root: ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΑΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a crasis (contraction) of the definite article 'το' (the) and the adjective 'αὐτόματος' (automatic, spontaneous). It refers to something that happens or comes into being by itself, without external cause or human intervention. It can describe an event, a growth, or an action that is self-initiated or occurs naturally.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G0844 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 16:347
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΑΤΟΣ.
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.
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΑΤΑ — of its own accord, spontaneously, automatically, by itself, naturally, self-grown, things growing of themselves
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΑΤΗ — automatic, of its own accord, spontaneously, self-acting, a self-acting
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΑΤΙ — of its own accord, spontaneously, automatically, by itself, (to) that which acts of itself
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΑΤΟΙΣ — of itself, by itself, spontaneous, automatic, self-acting, of one's own accord
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΑΤΟΝ — of itself, spontaneously, automatically, an automatic thing, a spontaneous thing
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΑΤΟΣ — of itself, by itself, automatically, spontaneous, self-acting, unbidden
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΑΤΩΝ — of themselves, of its own accord, spontaneously, automatically
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΜΑΤΩΣ — automatically, of its own accord, by itself, spontaneously
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