Uses of autos

Review 1.9 : αὐτός, αὐτή, αὐτό in predicative and attributive positions

In the attributive position (1st or 2nd) or used by itself with an article it means "the same."

ὁ αὐτὸς λόγος	or	ὁ λόγος ὁ αὐτός	the same story
ἡ αὐτὴ ἁμαρτία	or	ἡ ἁμαρτία ἡ αὐτή	the same error (classical Greek) the same sin *(koinê* Greek)**
τὸ αὐτὸ ὄνομα	or	τὸ ὄνομα τὸ αὐτὸ	the same name
ὁ αὐτός the same man ἡ αὐτή the same woman τὸ αὐτό the same thing

In the predicative position it is emphatic, not just in the Nominative but in the other cases as well. It may be placed before or after the noun, as long as it does not carry the article.

αὐτὸς ὁ ποιμήν	or	ὁ ποιμὴν αὐτός	the shepherd himself
Ἰωκάστη αὐτή	or	αὐτὴ Ἰωκάστη	Jocasta herself
αὐτὸ τὸ αἴνιγμα	or	τὸ αἴνιγμα αὐτό	the riddle itself
αὐτὸ τοῦτο that very thing, that itself

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