- αὐτόφωρος
- αὐτόφωρος, ον (αὐτός, φώρ ‘thief’; Soph. et al.; Sym. Job 34:11) (caught) in the act in the expr. ἐπʼ αὐτοφώρῳ (since Hdt. 6, 72; PColZen 74, 25 [248 B.C.]; POslo 21, 9 [71 A.D.]; BGU 372 II, 11 [II A.D.]; Philo, Spec. Leg. 3, 52; Jos., Ant. 15, 48; 16, 213) first of a thief (φώρ=Lat. fur), then also of other wrongdoers (Plut., Eumen. 583 [2, 2] al.), esp. adulterers (X., Symp. 3, 13; Aelian, NA 11, 15: μοιχευομένην γυναῖκα ἐπʼ αὐ. καταλαβών; Achilles Tat. 5, 19, 6) J 8:4.—DELG s.v. φώρ. M-M.
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