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ἴδιος

ἴδιος, ἴδιος, pertaining to oneself; private, personal; separate, distinct

ἴδιος [ῐδ], α, ον, Att. also ος, ον Pl. Prt. 349b, Arist. HA 532b32 (v. sub fin.):
    • I oneʼs own, pertaining to oneself: hence,
      • 1 private, personal (opp. κοινός): twice in Hom., πρῆξις δʼ ἥδʼ ἰδίη οὐ δήμιος this business is private, not public, Od. 3.82; δήμιον ἦ ἴδιον; 4.314; ἴδιος ἐν κοινῷ σταλείς embarking as a private man in a public cause, Pi. O. 13.49; ἰ. στόλῳ χρᾶσθαι, opp. δημοσίῳ, Hdt. 5.63; γῆς . . νοσούσης ἴ. κινοῦντες κακά S. OT 636; κοινὸν ἐξ ἰδίας ἀνοίας κακόν E. Hec. 641 (lyr.), cf. Or. 766 (troch.); ἴδια πράσσων ἢ στρατοῦ ταχθεὶς ὕπο; Id. IA 1363 (troch.); ἴ. κέρδεα Hdt. 6.100; συμφορά Antipho 2.1.11; πρόσοδος And. 4.11; τὰ ἴ. διάφορα Th. 2.37; πλοῦτος ἴ. καὶ δημόσιος Id. 1.80, cf. Pl. R. 521a; ἴ. οὐ κοινὸς πόνος ib. 535b, cf. 543b; ξυμβόλαια ib. 443e; ἰ. ἢ πολιτικὴ πρᾶξις Id. Grg. 484d; πόλεις καὶ ἴ. οἶκοι Id. Lg. 890b, cf. 796d, etc.; τὰ ἱρά, opp. τὰ ἴ., temples, opp. private buildings, Hdt. 6.9, 8.109; τὸ ἐν ἰδίοις discussion among private persons, Pl. Sph. 225b.
      • 2 oneʼs own, opp. ἀλλότριος, ἐπικώμια Pi. N. 6.32; ἡ ἰ. ἐλευθερίη Hdt. 7.147; Ζεὺς ἰδίοις νόμοις κρατύνων A. Pr. 404 (lyr.); ἰδίᾳ γνώμᾳ ib. 543 (lyr.); οὔτοι τὰ χρήματʼ ἴ. κέκτηνται βροτοί E. Ph. 555; φίλων οὐδὲν ἴ., = κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φίλων, Id. Andr. 376: with Pron., χωρίον ἡμέτερον ἴδιον D. 55.8.
      • 3 τὰ ἴ. private interests, opp. public, Th. 1.82, 2.61, etc.; oneʼs own property, Id. 1.141, etc.; τὰ ἴ. πράττειν mind oneʼs own business, in later Gr., Phryn. 405, cf. 1 Ep.Thess. 4.11; μένειν ἐπὶ τῶν ἰ. Plb. 2.57.5; εἰς τὸ ἴ. καταθέσθαι for self, X. An. 1.3.3, etc.: with Pron., τοὐμὸν ἴ. εἰπεῖν my personal opinion, Isoc. 6.8; τὰ ἐμὰ ἴ. D. 50.66; τὰ αὑτοῦ ἴ. Thgn. 440 (dub.l.), cf. Antipho 5.61, Isoc. 8.127; τὰ ὑμέτερα ἴ. D. 19.307; τὰ ἴ. σφῶν αὐτῶν, τὰ ἴ. τὰ σφέτερα αὐτῶν, And. 2.2, 3.36; ἔγωγε τοὐμὸν ἴ. I for my own part, Luc. Merc.Cond. 9.
      • 4 of persons, personally attached to one, ἴδιοι Σελεύκου Plb. 21.6.4, cf. Arist. Pol. 1315a36, UPZ 146.38 (ii B.C.), 109.18 (i B.C.); ἄνθρωπος ἴδιος τῇ εὐνοίᾳ τῇ πρὸς . . PCair.Zen. 32 (iii B.C.); ταῖς εὐνοίαις ἴδιοι D.S. 11.26; ἴδιοι, οἱ, members of oneʼs family, relatives, BGU 665 ii 1 (i A.D.), Vett.Val. 70.5, etc.
      • 5 ἡ ἰ. (sts. with κώμη added, BGU 15.13 (ii A.D.)), oneʼs place of origin, PTeb. 327.28 (ii A.D.), etc.: pl., καταπορεύεσθαι εἰς τὰς ἰ.ib. 5.7 (ii B.C.).
      • 6 in later Gr., almost as a possessive Pron., = ἑαυτοῦ, ἑαυτῶν, ἡ ἰ. φιλαγαθία IG 2(2).1011.71 (ii B.C.), etc.; χρῶνται ὡς ἰδίοις UPZ 11.14 (ii B.C.); περὶ τῶν ἰ. βιβλίων, title of work by Galen.
        • b ἴ. θάνατος oneʼs own, i.e. a natural death, Ramsay Cities and Bishoprics No. 133; ἰδίοις τελευτῶσι θανάτοις Ptol. Tetr. 199; also ἰδία μοίρῃ Ramsay op.cit. No. 187.
    • II separate, distinct, ἔθνος ἴ. καὶ οὐδαμῶς Σκυθικόν Hdt. 4.18, cf. 22; ἴδιοί τινές σοι [θεοί]; Ar. Ra. 890; ἑκάστῳ τῶν ὀνομάτων ὑπόκειταί τις ἴδιος οὐσία Pl. Prt. 349b; πόλεις . . βαρβάρους καὶ ἰδίας Decr. ap. D. 18.183; ὁ βάτραχος ἰδίαν ἔχει τὴν γλῶτταν, τὴν ἰ. ἀφίησι φωνήν, a peculiar kind of tongue, . . its peculiar note, Arist. HA 536a8, 11: folld. by ἤ, ἴδιον ἔπασχεν πάθος ἢ οἱ ἄλλοι unique and different from others, Pl. Grg. 481c; so ἴδιον παρὰ τὰ ἄλλα Thphr. HP 6.4.10.
        • b ἴ. λόγος, in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt, private account, δεδώκαμεν Πύρωνι τὸν ἔσχατόν σου ἴ. λόγον PCair.Zen. 253 (iii B.C.), cf. PGrenf. 1.16 (ii B.C.), etc.; later, special account, a branch of the fiscal administration, Wilcken Chr. 162 (ii B.C.), PAmh. 2.31 (ii B.C.), PGnom. Prooem. (ii A.D.), etc.; ὁ γνώμων τοῦ ἰ. λόγου OGI 669.44 (i A.D.); also as the title of the Controller, Str. 17.1.12 codd., OGI 408 (ii A.D.), Mitteis Chr. 372 vi 1 (ii A.D.).
      • 2 strange, unusual, ἰδίοισιν ὑμεναίοισι κοὐχὶ σώφροσιν E. Or. 558; peculiar, exceptional, περιττὸν καὶ ἴ. γένος Arist. GA 760a5; τὰ περιττὰ καὶ ἴ. τῶν δένδρων Thphr. CP 2.7.1; παράδοξον εἰπεῖν τι καὶ περιττὸν καὶ ἴ. Plu. Comm.not. 2.1068b; eccentric, of persons, ib. Adul. 57e; ἴ. τις ἐν πᾶσι βουλόμενος εἶναι Id. Them. 18.
      • 3 peculiar, appropriate, ἴδια ὀνόματα proper, specific words, opp. περιέχοντα, class-names, Arist. Rh. 1407a31; ὄνομα ἴ. τινος Pl. R. 580e; τὸ ἴ. τοῦ ἐπαίνου Luc. Pr.Im. 19.
    • III ἴ. λόγοι ordinary private conversation, opp. ποίησις, Pl. R. 366e, cf. Euthd. 305d; v. infr. VI. 2b.
    • IV τὸ ἴ. characteristic property of a species, Arist. Top. 102a18, 103b11, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.75, Plot. 5.5.13; but also, distinguishing feature in a relative sense, ἴ. πρός τι Arist. Top. 128b25.
    • V regul. Comp. ἰδιώτερος Isoc. 12.73, Thphr. HP 3.1.6: Sup. -ώτατος D. 23.65, Thphr. HP 1.14.2; also ἰδιαίτερος, -αίτατος, Arist. PA 656a26, 658b33; -αίτατος but not -αίτερος acc. to Thom.Mag. p.189 R.
    • VI Adv. ἰδίως, peculiarly, Isoc. 5.108; severally, Pl. Lg. 807b: Comp. ἰδιωτέρως Thphr. HP 1.13.4; ὡς -ώτερον εἰπεῖν Phld. Oec. p.68 J.; ἰδιαίτερον Hdn. 7.6.7: Sup. ἰδιώτατα (v.l. -αίτατα) D.S. 19.1; ἰδίως καλεῖσθαι to be called specifically, Arist. Mu. 394b28; -αίτατα λέγεσθαι Id. Mete. 382a3; ἰδίως, opp. κοινῶς, λέγεσθαι Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1014.41 F. (but in Gramm., to be used as a proper name, D.T. 634.13); in a peculiar sense or usage, Sch. Ar. Pl. 115; ἰ. Αἰσχύλος τὸν Ἀγαμέμνονα ἐπὶ σκηνῆς ἀναιρεῖσθαι ποιεῖ A. Ag.Arg., cf. Sch. E. Ph. 1116; also, = extra versum, τὸ φεῦ ἰδίως Sch. Ar. Nu. 41 (v.l. ἰδίᾳ).
      • 2 ἰδίᾳ, Ion. -ίη, as Adv., by oneself, privately, on oneʼs own account, θύοντι ἰδίῃ μούνῳ Hdt. 1.132, cf. 192, Ar. Eq. 467; οὔτε ἰδίᾳ οὔτε ἐν κοινῷ Th. 1.141; καὶ ἰ. καὶ δημοσίᾳ Id. 3.45, Pl. Ap. 30b; καὶ ἰ. καὶ κοινῇ Arist. Ath. 40.3; ἰδίᾳ ἕκαστος Th. 8.1, cf. Pl. Lg. 946d, etc.: c. gen., ἰ. τῆς φρενός apart from . ., Ar. Ra. 102.
        • b in ordinary talk, opp. ὑπὸ ποιητῶν, Pl. R. 363e, cf. 606c; v. supr. III.
      • 3 κατʼ ἰδίαν in private, Philem. 169; κατʼ ἰδίαν εἰπεῖν τινι D.S. 1.21; κατʼ ἰ. λαβεῖν τινα to take him aside, Plb. 4.84.8; also, separately, apart, Plu. Cons.Apoll. 2.120d; οἱ κατʼ ἰ. βίοι Plb. 1.71.1. (ϝίδιος Tab.Heracl. 1.13, al., Schwyzer 324.4 (Delph., iv B.C.), IG 9(1).333.12 (Locr., v B.C.), etc.; with spiritus asper, ἐκ τοῦ hιδίου Jahresh. 14Beibl. 141 (Argos, v B.C.); καθʼ ἱδίαν IG 2(2).891.6, 5(1).6 (Lacon.), 9(2).66 (Lamia), Aët. 3.159, etc.; καθʼ ἱδδίαν prob. in IG 9(2).461.26 (Thess.).)

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