1. sprung from the land itself , Lat. terrigena: αὐτόχθονες, οἱ, like Lat. Indigenae, aborigines, natives, (Herdotus Historicus); of the Athenians, (Euripides), etc. 2. as adjective indigenous , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
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G6611 — αὐτόχθων
autochthōn · native-born · Greek