αὐτοσχέδιος. [212] 1, [260] 14, [262] 3. Improvised. Lat. fortuitus, extemporalis, inelaboratus, tumultuarius. So αὐτοσχεδίως [260] 25, and αὐτοσχεδιάζειν [256] 19 (πολλὰ γὰρ αὐτοσχεδιάζει μέτρα ἡ φύσις = multos versus sponte solet natura effundere). Cp. Demetr. p. 270 s.v. αὐτοσχεδιάζειν, and see σχέδιος p. [327] infra.
αὐτοτελής. [118] 6, [140] 1. Complete in itself, absolute. Lat. perfectus, absolutus. So αὐτοτελῶς [140] 3. The meaning of the word is well illustrated by Diodorus Siculus xii. 1 init. οὔτε γὰρ τῶν νομιζομένων ἀγαθῶν οὐδὲν ὁλόκληρον εὑρίσκεται δεδομένον τοῖς ἀνθρώποις οὔτε τῶν κακῶν αὐτοτελὲς ἄνευ εὐχρηστίας.
αὐτουργός. [196] 15. Self-wrought, rudely wrought. Lat. rudis. Cp. de Demosth. c. 39 (as quoted s.v. συναπαρτίζειν, p. [325] infra).—The active sense of αὐτουργός finds a good illustration in Euripides’ well-known line: αὐτουργός, οἵπερ καὶ μόνοι σῴζουσι γῆν (Orest. 920).
ἀφαίρεσις. [104] 20, [114] 12, [116] 17. Deduction, abridgment. Lat. detractio. In [116] 17 τῆς ἀφαιρέσεως δὲ τίς (τρόπος) almost = ‘what is the nature of ellipsis?’ As line 18 shows, something necessary to the sense is supposed to be omitted: e.g. the presence of αὐτός in [116] 22 implies a contrast with ἕτερος ([118] 1).
ἀφανίζειν. [166] 10, [260] 1, [272] 2. To put out of sight. Lat. abscondere.
ἀφελής. [212] 14. Simple, plain. Lat. simplex, subtilis. Cp. D.H. p. 187.
ἀφορμή. [96] 23. Starting-point. Lat. initium, principium. Cp. Dionys. Hal. Antiq. Rom. i. 4 τῆς ἀοιδίμου γενομένης καθ’ ἡμᾶς πόλεως, ἀδόξους πάνυ καὶ ταπεινὰς τὰς πρώτας ἀφορμὰς λαβούσης.
ἀφροδίτη. [74] 13. Beauty. Lat. venustas, venus. Cp. de Lysia c. 11 ἐὰν δὲ μηδεμίαν ἡδονὴν μηδὲ ἀφροδίτην ὁ τῆς λέξεως χαρακτὴρ ἔχῃ, δυσωπῶ καὶ ὑποπτεύω μήποτ’ οὐ Λυσίου ὁ λόγος, καὶ οὐκέτι βιάζομαι τὴν ἄλογον αἴσθησιν: also c. 18 ibid.
ἄφωνος. [138] 13, [140] 3, [146] 5, [148] 11, 20, [220] 10. Voiceless, mute. Lat. vocis expers, mutus. From the standpoint of the modern science of phonetics, in which the term ‘voiceless’ is reserved for sounds that are not accompanied by a vibration of the vocal chords, it might be well in the translation of this word to substitute ‘non-vocalic’ for ‘voiceless,’ and ‘vocalic’ for ‘voiced.’