ἰδιώτης

See also: ιδιώτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἴδιος (ídios, one's own, private) + -ώτης (-ṓtēs)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῐ̓δῐώτης • (idiṓtēs) m (genitive ῐ̓δῐώτου); first declension

(Attic, Ionic, Koine)
  1. a private person, one not engaged in public affairs
    1. a private soldier, as opposed to a general
  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

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