αυθαίρετος

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See also: αὐθαίρετος

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek αὐθαίρετος (authaíretos, “by free choice”), from αὐθ- (auth-), form of αὐτο- (auto-) + αἱρετός (hairetós) < verb αἱρέω (hairéō).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈfθe.ɾe.tos/
Hyphenation: αυ‧θαί‧ρε‧τος

Adjective

αυθαίρετος • (afthaíretos) m (feminine αυθαίρετη, neuter αυθαίρετο)

arbitrary (without logic)
unauthorised (UK), unauthorized (US)

Declension

Declension of αυθαίρετος
	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	αυθαίρετος (afthaíretos)	αυθαίρετη (afthaíreti)	αυθαίρετο (afthaíreto)		αυθαίρετοι (afthaíretoi)	αυθαίρετες (afthaíretes)	αυθαίρετα (afthaíreta)
genitive	αυθαίρετου (afthaíretou)	αυθαίρετης (afthaíretis)	αυθαίρετου (afthaíretou)		αυθαίρετων (afthaíreton)	αυθαίρετων (afthaíreton)	αυθαίρετων (afthaíreton)
accusative	αυθαίρετο (afthaíreto)	αυθαίρετη (afthaíreti)	αυθαίρετο (afthaíreto)		αυθαίρετους (afthaíretous)	αυθαίρετες (afthaíretes)	αυθαίρετα (afthaíreta)
vocative	αυθαίρετε (afthaírete)	αυθαίρετη (afthaíreti)	αυθαίρετο (afthaíreto)		αυθαίρετοι (afthaíretoi)	αυθαίρετες (afthaíretes)	αυθαίρετα (afthaíreta)

Synonyms

αθεώρητος (atheóritos)
μη εξουσιοδοτημένος (mi exousiodotiménos)

Coordinate terms

see: αυθεντία f (afthentía, “authority”)

Related terms

αυθαιρεσία f (afthairesía, “abuse of power”)
αυθαίρετα (afthaíreta, “without permission”, adverb)
αυθαίρετο n (afthaíreto, “arbitrariness; unauthorised building”)
αυθαιρετούχος (afthairetoúchos, “owning an illegal building”, adj)
αυθαιρετώ (afthairetó, “to be arbitrary”)
and see: αιρώ (airó, “to remove”)

References

^ αυθαίρετος - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre

Further reading

αυθαίρετος - Georgakas, Demetrius, 1908-1990 (1960-2009) A Modern Greek-English Dictionary [MGED online, 2009. letter α only (abbreviations)], Centre for the Greek language
αυθαίρετος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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