αὐθέντης

A. murderer, Hdt. 1.117, E. Rh. 873, Th. 3.58; τινός E. HF 1359, A.R. 2.754; suicide, Antipho 3.3.4, D.C. 37.13: more loosely, one of a murderer's family, E. Andr. 172.

2. perpetrator, author, πράξεως Plb. 22.14.2; ἱεροσυλίας D.S. 16.61: generally, doer, Alex. Rh. p.2S.; master, δῆμος αὐθέντης χθονός E. Supp. 442; voc. αὐθέντα ἥλιε PMag.Leid.W. 6.46; condemned by Phryn. 96.

3. as Adj., ὅμαιμος αυ φόνος, αὐ. φάνατοι, murder by one of the same family, A. Eu. 212, Ag. 1572 (lyr.). (For αὐτο‐ἕντης, cf. συν‐έντης, ἁνύω; root sen-, sṇ-.)