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|Definition=ου, ὁ, (ἴδιος) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[private person]], [[individual]], opp. the State, ξυμφέροντα καὶ πόλεσι καὶ ἰδιώταις <span class="bibl">Th.1.124</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.10</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span>37.3 (Teos, v B.C.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>185b</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Vect.</span>4.18</span>, etc.; opp. [[γένος]], <span class="title">SIG</span>1013.6 (Chios, iv B.C.); opp. [[φατρία]], ib.987.28 (ibid., iv B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[one in a private station]], opp. to one holding public office, or taking part in public affairs, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.59</span>,<span class="bibl">123</span>, al., cf. Decr. ap.<span class="bibl">And.1.84</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.2</span>, etc.; opp. [[βασιλεύς]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.3</span>; opp. [[ἄρχων]], <span class="bibl">Lys.5.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>259b</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span>305.71 (iv B.C.); opp. [[δικαστής]], <span class="bibl">Antipho 6.24</span>; opp. [[πολιτευόμενος]], <span class="bibl">D.10.70</span>; opp. [[ῥήτωρ]], <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Eux.</span>27</span>; [[private soldier]], opp. [[στρατηγός]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.3.11</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHib.</span>1.30.21</span> (iii B.C.); [[layman]], opp. priest, <span class="title">OGI</span>90.52 (Rosetta, ii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PGnom.</span>200</span> (ii A.D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span>14.16</span>: as Adj., ἰ. ἄνδρες <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.32</span>,<span class="bibl">70</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.115</span>; <b class="b3">ἰ. θεοί</b> [[homely]] (with play on [[ἴδιος]]), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>891</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[common man]], [[plebeian]], οἱ ἰ. καὶ πένητες <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Thes.</span>24</span>; <b class="b3">ἰ. καὶ εὐτελής</b>, opp. [[βασιλεύς]], <span class="bibl">Hdn.4.10.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> as Adj., <b class="b3">ἰ. βίος</b> [[private]] station, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>578c</span>; <b class="b3">ἰ. λόγος</b> [[everyday]] speech, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Dem.</span>2</span>, cf. Longin.31.2. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">one who has no professional knowledge, layman</b>, <b class="b3">καὶ ἰατρὸς καὶ ἰ</b>. <span class="bibl">Th.2.48</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span> 4</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>178c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>933d</span>; ἰ. ἤ τινα τέχνην ἔχων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sph.</span>221c</span>; of prose-writers, <b class="b3">ἐν μέτρῳ ὡς ποιητής, ἢ ἄνευ μέτρου ὡς ἰ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>258d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Smp.</span>178b</span>; ἰ. καὶ μηδὲν αὐλήσεως ἐπαΐων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Prt.</span>327c</span>; opp. to a professed orator, <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.11</span>; to a trained soldier, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.Mag.</span>8.1</span>; <b class="b3">ἰδιώτας, ὡς εἰπεῖν, χειροτέχναις</b> (<b class="b3">-νας</b> codd.) ἀνταγωνισαμένους <span class="bibl">Th.6.72</span>; opp. [[ἀσκητής]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.7.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">12.1</span>; opp. [[ἀθλητής]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span> 1116b13</span>; opp. a professed philosopher, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1266a31</span>, <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Lib.</span> p.5</span>&lt;*&gt; O., <span class="title">D.</span>1.25; in Music, Id.<span class="title">Mus.</span>p.42 K.; opp. [[δημιουργός]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span> 312a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Thg.</span>124c</span>: as Adj., <b class="b3">ὁ ἰ. ὄχλος</b>, opp. artificers, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Per.</span>12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen. rei, [[unpractised]], [[unskilled in]] a thing, ἰατρικῆς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>345a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ti.</span>20a</span>; ἔργου <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>3.9</span>; <b class="b3">ἰ. κατὰ τοὺς πόνους, κατὰ τὸν ὕπνον</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span> 1.5.11</span>; ἰ. τὰ ἄλλα <span class="bibl">Hdn.4.12.1</span>; ἰ. ὡς πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἀγωνίζεσθαι X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span> l.c., cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Herm.</span>81</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> generally, [[raw hand]], [[ignoramus]], ἄν τε δεινοὶ λάχωσιν ἄν τε ἰδιῶται . . <span class="bibl">D.4.35</span>; <b class="b3">παιδάρια καὶ ἰ</b>., of slaves, <span class="bibl">S.E. <span class="title">M.</span>1.234</span> (cf. ἰ. οἰκέται <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Alex.</span>30</span>); <b class="b3">ἀμαθὴς καὶ ἰ</b>., opp. [[τεχνίτης]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ind.</span>29</span>; voc. [[ἰδιῶτα]], as a term of abuse, <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Sam.</span>71</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> '[[average man]]', opp. a person of distinction, Plu.2.1104a. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[ἰδιῶται]], [[οἱ]], <b class="b2">one's own countrymen</b>, opp. [[ξένοι]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>459</span>.</span>