αὐθεντέω

A. to have full power or authority over, τινός I Ep.Ti. 2.12; πρός τινα BGU 1208.37 (i B. C.): c. inf., Lyd. Mag. 3.42.
2. commit a murder, Sch.A. Eu. 42.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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