ἰδῐώτ-ης, ου, ὁ, (ἴδιος)
private person, individual, opposed to the State, ξυμφέροντα καὶ πόλεσι καὶ ἰδιώταις [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to γένος, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II)
one in a private station, opposed to to one holding public office, or taking part in public affairs, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to βασιλεύς, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἄρχων, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to δικαστής, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to πολιτευόμενος, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to ῥήτωρ, [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
private soldier, opposed to στρατηγός, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
layman, opposed to priest, [
NT+2nd c.BC+]: as
adjective, ἰ. ἄνδρες [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἰ. θεοί
homely (with play on ἴδιος), [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2)
common man, plebeian, οἱ ἰ. καὶ πένητες [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἰ. καὶ εὐτελής, opposed to βασιλεύς, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.3) as
adjective, ἰ. βίος
private station, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἰ. λόγος
everyday speech, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
III)
one who has no professional knowledge, layman, καὶ ἰατρὸς καὶ ἰ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of prose-writers, ἐν μέτρῳ ὡς ποιητής, ἢ ἄνευ μέτρου ὡς ἰ. [
Refs]; opposed to to a professed orator, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; to a trained soldier, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἰδιώτας, ὡς εἰπεῖν, χειροτέχναις (-νας codices) ἀνταγωνισαμένους [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀσκητής, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀθλητής, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to a professed philosopher, [
Refs 1st c.BC+] K; opposed to δημιουργός, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
adjective, ὁ ἰ. ὄχλος, opposed to artificers, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
III.2) with
genitive of things,
unpractised, unskilled in a thing, ἰατρικῆς [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἰ. κατὰ τοὺς πόνους, κατὰ τὸν ὕπνον, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.3) generally,
raw hand, ignoramus, ἄν τε δεινοὶ λάχωσιν ἄν τε ἰδιῶται. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; παιδάρια καὶ ἰ, of slaves, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἀμαθὴς καὶ ἰ, opposed to τεχνίτης, [
Refs];
vocative ἰδιῶτα, as a term of abuse, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
III.4) '
average man', opposed to a person of distinction, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
IV) ἰδιῶται, οἱ,
one's own countrymen, opposed to ξένοι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]