α4509Αὐτομαχεῖν
to fight one's own battle
[Meaning] to go to law on one's own behalf, not through someone else. Also [sc. attested is the aorist infinitive] au)tomaxh=sai: when someone lays claim to a house or a plot of land, and the seller is of sufficient…
Αὐτομαχεῖν· τὸ δι' ἑαυτοῦ δικάζεσθαι, ἀλλὰ μὴ δι' ἑτέρου. καὶ Αὐτομαχῆσαι· ὅταν ἀντιποιῆταί τις οἰκίας ἢ χωρίου, καὶ εἴη ὁ πεπρακὼς μὲν ἀξιόχρεως ὥστε δοκεῖν ἀποτῖσαι τὴν ζημίαν…
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