αὐτοκράτωρ

A. one's own master: hence,

1. of persons or states, free, independent, Th. 4.63, IG 12 (9).189.44, etc.: of a youth that has come of age, X. Mem. 2.1.21.

2. of ambassadors and commissioners, possessing full powers, plenipotentiary, αὐτοκράτορά τινα ἑλέσθαι Ar. Pax 359; αὐ. ἥκομεν Id. Av. 1595; πρεσβευτής Lys. 13.9; ξυγγραφεῖς Th. 8.67; αὐ. βουλή And. 1.15; ἀποδεῖξαι ἄνδρας ἀρχὴν αὐτοκράτορας, opp. a reference to the assembly, Th. 5.27.

3. of rulers, absolute, στρατηγοί Id. 6.72; ἄρχων X. An. 6.1.21; ἀνυπεύθυνος καὶ αὐ. ἄρχειν Pl. Lg. 875b, cf. Plt. 299c; τὸ πᾶν αὐ. διαθεῖναι manage all at their pleasure, Th. 1.126; ἦρχε τῶν ἀκολουθούντων αὐτὸς αὐτοκράτωρ, of Philip, D. 18.235; μόναρχοι Arist. Pol. 1295a12; στρατηγία ib.1285a8 (dub.); νοῦς αὐ. (cf. αὐτοκρατής) Anaxag. ap.Pl. Cra. 413c: hence, = Lat.Dictator, Plb. 3.86.7, etc.; = Imperator, Plu. Pomp. 8; of the Emperor, Id. Galb. 1, etc.

4. αὐ. λογισμός peremptory reasoning, Th. 4.108.

II. c. gen., complete master of . . , πόλις οὐκ αὐ. οὖσα ἑαυτῆς Id. 3.62; τῆς τύχης Id. 4.64; τῆς αὑτοῦ πορείας Pl. Plt. 274a; τῆς ἐπιορκίας αὐ. having full liberty to swear falsely, D. 17.12: c. inf., αὐ. κολάσαι having full power to punish, Id. 59.80.