A.living under one's own laws, independent, of persons and states, Hdt.1.96, 8.140.ά, Cratin. 15 D., etc.; freq. in Th., “αὐ. ἐπὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν οἰκεῖν” Id.2.63; “ἀφιέναι αὐ. τινα” Id.1.139; “αὐ. ποιεῖν τινα” Id.5.33; “αὐ. ἀπό τινος” X.HG 5.1.36, cf. Lac.3.1; “πόλις . . ἐλευθέρα καὶ αὐ.” IG3.481, al.; “αὐ. πολιτεία” Plu.Rom.27.
3. of animals, feeding and ranging at will, AP7.8 (Antip. Sid.).