- אַוְתֶּ׳
- אַוותֶּנְטְיָא, אַוְתֶּ׳, אַוְותֶּנְטְיָיהf. (αὐθεντία) origin, reality; v. next w.עיקר א׳ the very reality, virtuality. Gen. R. s. 25 עיקר א׳וכ׳ the real famine was destined to be in the days of Saul. Cant. R. to I, 1 עיקר א׳וכ׳ the real, authentic, among the several names of Solomon Koh. R. to I, 1 אית׳ (corr. acc.). Num. R. s. 10 אוותיננייה (corr. acc.).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.