αὐτοσχέδιος

autoschedios

hand to hand

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 3
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Book 12 1
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12192
Book 15 1
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15510
Book 17 1
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17294
Odyssey 1
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Book 11 1
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11536

Dictionary (LSJ)

αὐτοσχέδιος, α, ον, also ος, ον Plu. Sull. 7:—A. hand to hand: used by Hom., in dat., αὐτοσχεδίῃ (sc. μάχῃ) in close fight, in the mêlée, αὐτοσχεδίῃ μεῖξαι χεῖράς τε μένος τε Il. 15.510: acc. fem. as Adv., = αὐτοσχεδόν I, Ἀντιφάτην δʼ . . πλῆξʼ αὐτοσχεδίην 12.192, 17.294; αὐτοσχεδίην οὐτασμένος Od. 11.536: also ἔς τʼ αὐ. καὶ προμάχους ἰέναι Tyrt. 11.12. II. offhand, improvised, rough and ready, ἐξ αὐτοσχεδίης πειρώμενος h.Merc. 55; ποιήματα αὐ. D.H. 2.34; μαντικὴ αὐ. Plu. Sull. 7; τετρήρη ναυπηγεῖν αὐ. Arist. Fr. 600; βωμός, τείχη, D.H. 1.40, 3.67; μνῆμα Hld. 2.4; ναῦς Max.Tyr. 12.2; of persons, αὐτοσχέδιος ὢν περὶ τὰς ἰσηγορίας Plu. 2.642a; σοφιστής Ach.Tat. 5.27; ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοσχεδίου εἰπεῖν D.C. 73.1; τὸ αὐ., opp. τὸ περιπτωτικόν, in Empiric medicine, Gal. 1.66. Adv. -ίως, γεννηθῆναι LXX Wi. 2.2; οἰκοδομεῖσθαι Paus. 6.24.3. 2. ready to hand, ὕλη Id. 10.32.15; wild, natural, ἄνθη Lib. Decl. 13.50.

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