Αὐτόδαξον τρόπον

teeth-and-all manner

Translated by William Hutton · 2 Apr 2002 · Vetting: high · 5 revisions

Translation

That is, a biting one, an aggressive one; or willful and irascible; since irascible people bite with their teeth. Aristophanes [writes]: "fearing your natures and your teeth-and-all manner."¹ And elsewhere: "so that we give off the odor of women enraged teeth-and-all."² Meaning completely.
They have also construed autodax as 'immediately'.³

Greek original

Αὐτόδαξον τρόπον· τουτέστι τὸν δάκνοντα, τὸν ἐμπεσόντα· ἢ αὐθάδη καὶ ὀργίλον· ἐπεὶ οἱ ὀργίλοι δάκνουσι τοῖς ὀδοῦσιν. Ἀριστοφάνης· τὰς φύσεις ὑμῶν δεδοικὼς καὶ τὸν αὐτόδαξον τρόπον. καὶ αὖθις· ἵν' ὄζωμεν γυναικῶν αὐτοδὰξ ὠργισμένως. ἀντὶ τοῦ πάνυ. Αὐτοδὰξ καὶ τὸ παραχρῆμα ἀποδεδώκασιν.

Betacode

*au)to/dacon tro/pon: toute/sti to\n da/knonta, to\n e)mpeso/nta: h)\ au)qa/dh kai\ o)rgi/lon: e)pei\ oi( o)rgi/loi da/knousi toi=s o)dou=sin. *)aristofa/nhs: ta\s fu/seis u(mw=n dedoikw\s kai\ to\n au)to/dacon tro/pon. kai\ au)=qis: i(/n' o)/zwmen gunaikw=n au)toda\c w)rgisme/nws. a)nti\ tou= pa/nu. *au)toda\c kai\ to\ paraxrh=ma a)podedw/kasin.

Notes (3)

The headword phrase slightly misquotes one in Aristophanes, Peace 607, which occurs in full, similarly misquoted, in the entry itelf: see note 1 below. The original reads au)toda\c tro/pon, not au)to/dacon tropon. The correct form au)toda/c appears in the second quotation from Aristophanes (note 2 below) and in the last sentence of the entry.
1Aristophanes, Peace 607: web address 1. ↩
2Aristophanes, Lysistrata 687 (= 689/90 Henderson): web address 2. ↩
3Likewise or similarly in other lexica.

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External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbours in Adler order

α4486Αὐτοβοείat the first battle cry α4487Αὐτογένεθλονself-born α4488Αὐτοδαῆself-taught (things)α4489Αὐτόδαξον τρόπονteeth-and-all manner α4490Αὐτὸ δείξειwill show itself α4491Αὐτοδίκῃby independent jurisdiction α4492Αὐτόετεςwithin a year

Revisions (5)

3 May 2012David Whiteheadanother note; more keywords; tweaking
13 Apr 2002Catharine Rothadded links
12 Apr 2002David Whiteheadadded keyword; cosmetics
2 Apr 2002William Huttontranslated

Translation

Greek original

Betacode

*au)to/dacon tro/pon: toute/sti to\n da/knonta, to\n e)mpeso/nta: h)\ au)qa/dh kai\ o)rgi/lon: e)pei\ oi( o)rgi/loi da/knousi toi=s o)dou=sin. *)aristofa/nhs: ta\s fu/seis u(mw=n dedoikw\s kai\ to\n au)to/dacon tro/pon. kai\ au)=qis: i(/n' o)/zwmen gunaikw=n au)toda\c w)rgisme/nws. a)nti\ tou= pa/nu. *au)toda\c kai\ to\ paraxrh=ma a)podedw/kasin.

Notes (3)

The headword phrase slightly misquotes one in Aristophanes, Peace 607, which occurs in full, similarly misquoted, in the entry itelf: see note 1 below. The original reads au)toda\c tro/pon, not au)to/dacon tropon. The correct form au)toda/c appears in the second quotation from Aristophanes (note 2 below) and in the last sentence of the entry.

1Aristophanes, Peace 607: web address 1. ↩

2Aristophanes, Lysistrata 687 (= 689/90 Henderson): web address 2. ↩

3Likewise or similarly in other lexica.