αὐτόματος, ἀυτοματον, and αὐτομάτη, ἀυτοματον (from αὐτός and μέμαα to desire eagerly, from the obsolete theme μάω), moved by one's own impulse, or acting without the instigation or intervention of another (from Homer down); often of the earth producing plants of itself, and of the plants themselves and fruits growing without culture; (on its adverbial use cf. Winer's Grammar, § 54, 2): Mar_4:28; (Herodotus 2, 94; 8, 138; Plato, polit., p. 272 a.; (Theophrastus, h., p. 2, 1); Diodorus 1, 8, etc. Lev_25:5; Lev_25:11). of gates opening of their own accord: Act_12:10 (so in Homer, Iliad 5, 749; Xenophon, Hell. 6, 4, 7; Apoll. Rh. 4, 41; Plutarch, Timol. 12; Nonnus, Dionysius 44, 21; (Dio Cassio, 44, 17)).

αὐτόματος automatos 2x self-excited, acting spontaneously, spontaneous, of his own accord, Mar_4:8 ; Act_12:10

αὐτόματος , -ον , and -η , -ον (etym. doubtful; v. Boisacq , Prellwitz , s . v .), [in LXX , Lev_25:5 ; Lev_25:11 , 2Ki_19:29 ( H5599 ), Jos_6:5 , Job_24:24 , Wis_17:6 * ;] 1. of persons, acting of one's own will . 2. Of inanimate things and natural agencies, of itself, of its own accord: γῆ Mar_4:28 ( MM , s.v. ); πύλη , Act_12:10 .†

αὐτόματος [page 93] CPHerm 119 verso i. 16 (Gallienus) . . ]αὐτόμ̣α̣τοι καὶ [ . . . , unfortunately in hiatus. Vettius Valens twice uses the adverb with προβιβάζων (or its passive), advancing of its own accord. With the use of this word in Mar_4:28 , Abbott ( Joh. Voc. p. 54) compares Philo s description of Isaac the self-taught (αὐτομαθής ) i. 571 2 ἔστι δὲ καὶ τρίτος ὅρος τοῦ αὐτομαθοῦς τὸ ἀναβαῖνον αὐτόματον (that which cometh up of itself). Cf. also Wis_17:6 , where with reference to the plague of darkness it is said that no power of the fire or the stars could give the Egyptians light, διεφαίνετο δ᾽ αὐτοῖς μόνον αὐτομάτη πυρὰ φόβου πλήρης , but there appeared to them the glimmering of a fire self-kindled, full of fear. On Joh_16:27 αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ φιλεῖ ὑμᾶς , Field remarks ( Notes , p. 104) that αὐτός is here = αὐτόματος ultro , me non commendante , and cites Callim. H. Apoll. 6 αὐτοὶ νῦν κατοχῆες ἀνακλίνεσθε , where the Scholiast has αὐτόματοι .

αὐτόματος of persons, "acting of one's own will, of oneself", Il. , etc. of things, "self-moving, self-acting, spontaneous", of the gates of Olympus, the tripods of Hephaestus, Il. :—of plants, "growing of themselves", Hdt. "without apparent cause, accidental", id=Hdt. ; αὐτ. θάνατος "a natural" death, Dem. αὐτόματον, ου, τό, "mere chance", ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτομάτου or ἀπὸ ταὐτομάτου, Lat. sponte, by chance, naturally, Hdt. , Thuc. adv. -τως ῀ ἀπὸ ταὐτομάτου, Hdt.

αὐτόματος -ον, and -η, -ον (etym. doubtful; see Boisacq, Prellwitz, see word), [in LXX, Lev.25:5, 11, 4Ki.19:29 (סָפִיחַ), Jos.6:5, Job.24:24, Wis.17:6 * ;] __1. of persons, acting of one's own will. __2. Of inanimate things and natural agencies, of itself, of its own accord: γῆ Mrk.4:28 (MM, see word); πύλη, Act.12:10.† (AS)