αὐτάρκης [on the accent see Chandler § 705],
-ες, (
αὐτός,
ἀρκέω), [from Aeschylus down],
sufficient for oneself, strong enough or
possessing enough to need no aid or support; independent of external circumstances; often in Greek writings from [Aeschylus and] Herodotus 1, 32 down. Subjectively,
contented with one's lot, with one's means, though the slenderest:
Philippians 4:11 (so Sir. 40:18; Polybius 6, 48, 7; Diogenes Laërtius 2, 24 of Socrates, αὐτάρκης καὶ σεμνός). [Cf. αὐτάρκεια.]
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