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ἰδιώτης

First declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰδιώτης ἰδιώτου

Structure: ἰδιωτ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: i)/dios

Sense

  1. a private person, one not engaged in public affairs
  2. (adjectival use) private, homely
  3. commoner, plebeian
  4. uneducated person, layman, amateur
  5. one who is not in the know, an outsider
  6. an ignorant person, idiot
  7. one who is awkward, clumsy
  8. (in the plural) one's countrymen

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • β ἦσ τοὺσ πόνουσ βασιλεῖσ καὶ ἰδιῶται πρὸσ ὑγίειαν προσφέρονται. ποθεινὴ δέ ἐστι πᾶσι καὶ ἐπίδοξοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 6:10)
  • ἔστι δὲ ὁ Ἆπισ ἐξ ἀγέλησ θεόσ, ἐπὶ τῷ προτέρῳ χειροτονούμενοσ ὡσ πολὺ καλλίων καὶ σεμνότεροσ τῶν ἰδιωτῶν Βοῶν. (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 15:4)
  • Ἡράκλεισ, οὐ φιλοκάλου τινὸσ οὐδὲ περὶ τὰ εὐμορφότατα ἐρωτικοῦ τὸ ἔργον, ἀγροικία δὲ πολλὴ καὶ ἀπειροκαλία καὶ προσέτι γε ἀμουσία, τῶν ἡδίστων αὑτὸν ἀπαξιοῦν καὶ τῶν καλλίστων ἀποξενοῦν καὶ μὴ συνιέναι ὡσ οὐχ ὁ αὐτὸσ περὶ τὰ θεάματα νόμοσ ἰδιώταισ τε καὶ πεπαιδευμένοισ ἀνδράσιν, ἀλλὰ τοῖσ μὲν ἀπόχρη τὸ κοινὸν τοῦτο, ἰδεῖν μόνον καὶ περιβλέψαι καὶ τὼ ὀφθαλμὼ περιενεγκεῖν καὶ πρὸσ τὴν ὀροφὴν ἀνακῦψαι καὶ τὴν χεῖρα ἐπισεῖσαι καὶ καθ’ ἡσυχίαν ἡσθῆναι δέει τοῦ μὴ ἂν δυνηθῆναι ἄξιόν τι τῶν βλεπομένων εἰπεῖν, ὅστισ δὲ μετὰ παιδείασ ὁρᾷ τὰ καλά, οὐκ ἄν, οἶμαι, ἀγαπήσειεν ὄψει μόνῃ καρπωσάμενοσ τὸ τερπνὸν οὐδ’ ἂν ὑπομείναι ἄφωνοσ θεατὴσ τοῦ κάλλουσ γενέσθαι, πειράσεται δὲ ὡσ οἱο͂́ν τε καὶ ἐνδιατρῖψαι; (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 2:1)
  • οἱ δὲ ἰδιῶται νομίζουσι παρθένον τινὰ εἶναι τὴν ἀμειβομένην τοὺσ ᾄδοντασ ἢ βοῶντασ, ἐν μέσοισ που τοῖσ κρημνοῖσ κατοικοῦσαν καὶ λαλοῦσαν ἐκ τῶν πετρῶν ἔνδοθεν. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 3:4)
  • ἰδιώτησ γὰρ εἶ, ὦ Χάρων, καὶ ἥκιστα ποιητικόσ· (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 4:6)
  • οὑτοσὶ γὰρ ὁ τρισκατάρατοσ ὁπόσα μὲν ἰδιώτησ ὢν ἔπραξε, παραλείψειν μοι δοκῶ· (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 26:4)
  • ἄνδρεσ δικασταί, ὅτι μὲν ἰδιώτησ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Dinarcho, chapter 11, chapter 12 1:4)
  • καὶ τὸ ἐπιλεγόμενον τούτῳ ἔτι μᾶλλον ἀκατάσκευον φαίνεται εἶναι καί, ὡσ ἂν ἰδιώτησ τισ εἰπεῖν δύναιτο, εἰρημένον· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 7 1:2)
  • θάτερον δὲ τρανότερον καὶ οὐχ ὡσ ἂν ἰδιώτησ συνέθηκεν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 9 1:3)

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