α4426Αὐθέντης
perpetrator
The one [doing something] with his own hand, or the one who kills himself. Hence in Isocrates perpetrator. Lysias applies it in a special sense to the 30, even though they had their murders committed by others. For 'the…
Αὐθέντης· ὁ αὐτόχειρ, ἢ ὁ αὑτὸν ἀναιρῶν. διὸ παρ' Ἰσοκράτει αὐθέντης. Λυσίας ἰδίως αὐτὸ ἔταξεν ἐπὶ τῶν λʹ· καίτοι δι' ἑτέρων εἰργάζοντο τοὺς φόνους. ὁ γὰρ αὐθέντης ἀεὶ τὸν…