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Gloss one's own, pertaining to oneself
ἴδιος[ῐδ],α,ον , Att. alsoος,ον
Pl. Prt. 349b , Arist. HA 532b32 (v. sub fin.):
I. one's own, pertaining to oneself: hence,
1. private, personal(opp.κοινός): twice in Hom. ,πρῆξις δ' ἥδ' ἰδίη οὐ δήμιοςthis business isprivate, not public, Od. 3.82 ;δήμιον ἦ ἴδιον; 4.314 ;ἴδιος ἐν κοινῷ σταλείςembarking asa private manin 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
Close Browse lexicon entries ; πλοῦτος ἴ. καὶ δημόσιος
, cf. Pl. R. 521a ;ἴ. οὐ κοινὸς πόνοςib. 535b , cf. 543b ;ξυμβόλαιαib. 443e ; ἰ. ἢ πολιτικὴ πρᾶξις
, cf. 796d , etc.;τὰ ἱρά, opp.τὰ ἴ., temples, opp.private buildings, Hdt. 6.9 , 8.109 ;τὸ ἐν ἰδίοιςdiscussion amongprivate persons, Pl. Sph. 225b .
2. one's own, opp. ἀλλότριος, ἐπικώμια
; Ζεὺς ἰδίοις νόμοις κρατύνων
(lyr.);ἰδίᾳ γνώμᾳib. 543 (lyr.); οὔτοι τὰ χρήματ' ἴ. κέκτηνται βροτοί
= κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φίλων , Id. Andr. 376 : with Pron., χωρίον ἡμέτερον ἴδιον
3. τὰ ἴ.private interests, opp. public, Th. 1.82 , 2.61 , etc.;one's own property, Id. 1.141 , etc.;τὰ ἴ. πράττεινmindone's own business, in later Gr., Phryn. 405 , cf. 1 Ep.Thess. 4.11 ;μένειν ἐπὶ τῶν ἰ. Plb. 2.57.5 ;εἰς τὸ ἴ. καταθέσθαιforself, X. An. 1.3.3 , etc.: with Pron.,τοὐμὸν ἴ. εἰπεῖνmypersonalopinion, 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. Ifor my own part, Luc. Merc.Cond. 9 .
4. of persons,personally attachedto one, ἴδιοι Σελεύκου
, cf. Arist. Pol. 1315a36 , UPZ 146.38
(i B.C.); ἄνθρωπος ἴδιος τῇ εὐνοίᾳ τῇ πρὸς . .
(iii B.C.); ταῖς εὐνοίαις ἴδιοι
;ἴδιοι,οἱ ,members of one's family, relatives, BGU 665 ii 1
(i A.D.), Vett.Val. 70.5 , etc.
5. ἡ ἰ. (sts. withκώμηadded, BGU 15.13
(ii A.D.)), one'splace of origin,
(ii A.D.), etc.: pl.,καταπορεύεσθαι εἰς τὰς ἰ.ib. 5.7
6. in later Gr., almost as a possessive Pron.,= ἑαυτοῦ, ἑαυτῶν, ἡ ἰ. φιλαγαθία
(ii B.C.), etc.; χρῶνται ὡς ἰδίοις
(ii B.C.);περὶ τῶν ἰ. βιβλίων, title of work by Galen.
b. ἴ. θάνατος one's own, i.e. anaturaldeath, RamsayCities and BishopricsNo. 133 ; ἰδίοις τελευτῶσι θανάτοις
; alsoἰδία μοίρῃRamsay op.cit. No. 187 .
II. separate, distinct, ἔθνος ἴ. καὶ οὐδαμῶς Σκυθικόν
, cf. 22 ;ἴδιοί τινές σοι [θεοί]; Ar. Ra. 890 ; ἑκάστῳ τῶν ὀνομάτων ὑπόκειταί τις ἴδιος οὐσία
;πόλεις . . βαρβάρους καὶ ἰδίαςDecr. ap. D. 18.183 ;ὁ βάτραχος ἰδίαν ἔχει τὴν γλῶτταν, τὴν ἰ. ἀφίησι φωνήν, apeculiarkind of tongue, . . itspeculiarnote, Arist. HA 536a8 , 11 : folld. byἤ, ἴδιον ἔπασχεν πάθος ἢ οἱ ἄλλοι unique and differentfrom others, Pl. Grg. 481c ; so ἴδιον παρὰ τὰ ἄλλα
b. ἴ. λόγος, in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt,private account, δεδώκαμεν Πύρωνι τὸν ἔσχατόν σου ἴ. λόγον
(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.),PGnom.Prooem. (ii A.D.), etc.; ὁ γνώμων τοῦ ἰ. λόγου
(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
2. strange, unusual, ἰδίοισιν ὑμεναίοισι κοὐχὶ σώφροσιν
;peculiar, exceptional, περιττὸν καὶ ἴ. γένος
; τὰ περιττὰ καὶ ἴ. τῶν δένδρων
;παράδοξον εἰπεῖν τι καὶ περιττὸν καὶ ἴ. Plu. 2.1068b ;eccentric, of persons, ib. 57e ; ἴ. τις ἐν πᾶσι βουλόμενος εἶναι
3. peculiar, appropriate,ἴδια ὀνόματα proper, specificwords, opp.περιέχοντα, class-names, Arist. Rh. 1407a31 ; ὄνομα ἴ. τινος
III. ἴ. λόγοι ordinary privateconversation, opp.ποίησις, Pl. R. 366e , cf. Euthd. 305d ;v.infr. VI. 2b .
IV. τὸ ἴ.characteristic propertyof a species, Arist. Top. 102a18 , 103b11 , Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.75 , Plot. 5.5.13 ; but also,distinguishing featurein a relative sense, ἴ. πρός τι
, Thphr. HP 1.14.2 ; alsoἰδιαίτερος, -αίτατος, Arist. PA 656a26 , 658b33 ;-αίτατοςbut not-αίτεροςacc. to Thom.Mag. p.189R.
VI. Adv. ἰδίως,peculiarly, Isoc. 5.108 ;severally, Pl. Lg. 807b : Comp.
ἰδιώτατα( v.l. -αίτατα ) D.S. 19.1 ;ἰδίως καλεῖσθαιto be calledspecifically, Arist. Mu. 394b28 ; -αίτατα λέγεσθαι
;ἰδίως, opp. κοινῶς, λέγεσθαι
Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1014.41
F. (but in Gramm., to be usedas a proper name, D.T. 634.13 );in a peculiar senseorusage, Sch. Ar. Pl. 115 ; Ἰ.αἰσχύλος τὸν Ἀγαμέμνονα ἐπὶ σκηνῆς ἀναιρεῖσθαι ποιεῖ
Arg., cf. Sch. E. Ph. 1116 ; also,=extra versum,τὸ "φεῦ" ἰδίωςSch. Ar. Nu. 41 ( v.l. ἰδίᾳ ).
-ιη, asAdv.,by oneself, privately, on one's own account, θύοντι ἰδίῃ μούνῳ
, cf. 192 , Ar. Eq. 467 ; οὔτε ἰδίᾳ οὔτε ἐν κοινῷ
, Pl. Ap. 30b ; καὶ ἰ. καὶ κοινῇ
, 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. 111 .
3. κατ' ἰδίαν in private, Philem. 169 ; κατ' ἰδίαν εἰπεῖν τινι
;κατ' ἰ. λαβεῖν τιναto take himaside, Plb. 4.84.8 ; also,separately, apart, Plu. 2.120d ; οἱ κατ' ἰ. βίοι
, al., Schwyzer 324.4 (Delph.,iv B.C.), IG 9(1).333.12 ( Locr. ,v B.C.), etc.; with spiritus asper, ἐκ τοῦ ηιδίου
Beibl. 141 (Argos,v B.C.); καθ' ἱδίαν
, 5(1).6 ( Lacon. ), 9(2).66 (Lamia), Aët. 3.159 , etc.;καθ' ἱδδίανprob. in IG 9(2).461.26 (Thess.).)
References Hom. Od. 3.82 4.314 Pi. O. 13.49 Hdt. 5.63 S. OT 636 E. Hec. 641 Or. 766 Id. IA 1363 Hdt. 6.100 Antipho 2.1.11 And. 4.11 Th. 2.37 Id. 1.80 Pl. R. 521a 535b 543b 443e Id. Grg. 484d Id. Lg. 890b 796d Hdt. 6.9 8.109 Pl. Sph. 225b Pi. N. 6.32 Hdt. 7.147 A. Pr. 404 543 E. Ph. 555 Id. Andr. 376 D. 55.8 Th. 1.82 2.61 Id. 1.141 Phryn. 405 1 Ep.Thess. 4.11 Plb. 2.57.5 X. An. 1.3.3 Isoc. 6.8 D. 50.66 Thgn. 440 Antipho 5.61 Isoc. 8.127 D. 19.307 And. 2.2 3.36 Luc. Merc.Cond. 9 Plb. 21.6.4 Arist. Pol. 1315a36 UPZ 146.38 109.18 PCair.Zen. 32 D.S. 11.26 BGU 665 ii 1 Vett.Val. 70.5 BGU 15.13 PTeb. 327.28 5.7 IG 22.1011.71 UPZ 11.14 133 Ptol. Tetr. 199 187 Hdt. 4.18 22 Ar. Ra. 890 Pl. Prt. 349b D. 18.183 Arist. HA 536a8 11 Pl. Grg. 481c Thphr. HP 6.4.10 PCair.Zen. 253 PGrenf. 1.16 Chr. 162 PAmh. 2.31 OGI 669.44 Str. 17.1.12 OGI 408 Chr. 372 vi 1 E. Or. 558 Arist. GA 760a5 Thphr. CP 2.7.1 Plu. 2.1068b 57e Id. Them. 18 Arist. Rh. 1407a31 Pl. R. 580e Luc. Pr.Im. 19 Pl. R. 366e Euthd. 305d 2b Arist. Top. 102a18 103b11 Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.75 Plot. 5.5.13 Arist. Top. 128b25 Isoc. 12.73 Thphr. HP 3.1.6 D. 23.65 Liddell–Scott–Jones — CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
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