αὐτόχθων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αὐτο- (auto-, “self”) +‎ χθών (khthṓn, “earth, soil”), sprung from the land itself.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /au̯.tókʰ.tʰɔːn/ → /aɸˈtox.θon/ → /afˈtox.θon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /au̯.tókʰ.tʰɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aʍˈtokʰ.tʰon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɸˈtox.θon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /afˈtox.θon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /afˈtox.θon/

Adjective

αὐτόχθων • (autókhthōn) m or f (neuter αὐτόχθον); third declension

1. indigenous

Declension

Third declension of αὐτόχθων; αὐτόχθον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		αὐτόχθων autókhthōn		αὐτόχθον autókhthon		αὐτόχθονε autókhthone		αὐτόχθονε autókhthone		αὐτόχθονες autókhthones		αὐτόχθονᾰ autókhthonă
Genitive		αὐτόχθονος autókhthonos		αὐτόχθονος autókhthonos		αὐτοχθόνοιν autokhthónoin		αὐτοχθόνοιν autokhthónoin		αὐτοχθόνων autokhthónōn		αὐτοχθόνων autokhthónōn
Dative		αὐτόχθονῐ autókhthonĭ		αὐτόχθονῐ autókhthonĭ		αὐτοχθόνοιν autokhthónoin		αὐτοχθόνοιν autokhthónoin		αὐτόχθοσῐ αὐτόχθοσῐν autókhthosĭ(n)		αὐτόχθοσῐ αὐτόχθοσῐν autókhthosĭ(n)
Accusative		αὐτόχθονᾰ autókhthonă		αὐτόχθον autókhthon		αὐτόχθονε autókhthone		αὐτόχθονε autókhthone		αὐτόχθονᾰς autókhthonăs		αὐτόχθονᾰ autókhthonă
Vocative		αὐτόχθον autókhthon		αὐτόχθον autókhthon		αὐτόχθονε autókhthone		αὐτόχθονε autókhthone		αὐτόχθονες autókhthones		αὐτόχθονᾰ autókhthonă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		αὐτοχθόνως autokhthónōs				αὐτοχθονέστερος autokhthonésteros				αὐτοχθονέστᾰτος autokhthonéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• →⇒ Bulgarian: автохто́нен (avtohtónen)
• → Catalan: autòcton
• → Dutch: autochtoon
• →⇒ English: autochthonous
• → French: autochtone
  • → Romanian: autocton
• → German: autochthon
• → Italian: autoctono
• → Polish: autochton
• → Spanish: autóctono

Noun

αὐτόχθων • (autókhthōn) m or f (genitive αὐτόχθονος); third declension

1. a native, an aborigine

Declension

Third declension of ὁ αὐτόχθων; τοῦ αὐτόχθονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ αὐτόχθων ho autókhthōn	τὼ αὐτόχθονε tṑ autókhthone	οἱ αὐτόχθονες hoi autókhthones
Genitive	τοῦ αὐτόχθονος toû autókhthonos	τοῖν αὐτοχθόνοιν toîn autokhthónoin	τῶν αὐτοχθόνων tôn autokhthónōn
Dative	τῷ αὐτόχθονῐ tōî autókhthonĭ	τοῖν αὐτοχθόνοιν toîn autokhthónoin	τοῖς αὐτόχθοσῐ / αὐτόχθοσῐν toîs autókhthosĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν αὐτόχθονᾰ tòn autókhthonă	τὼ αὐτόχθονε tṑ autókhthone	τοὺς αὐτόχθονᾰς toùs autókhthonăs
Vocative	αὐτόχθον autókhthon	αὐτόχθονε autókhthone	αὐτόχθονες autókhthones
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Dutch: autochtoon
• → English: autochthon
• → French: autochtone
• → Italian: autoctono
• → Polish: autochton
• → Spanish: autóctono

Further reading

• “αὐτόχθων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• αὐτόχθων in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αὐτόχθων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)