ἴδιος

See also: ίδιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *hwédios, from Proto-Indo-European *swéd-yo-s, from *swé (“self”). Equivalent to ἕ (hé) +‎ -ῐος (-ios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /í.di.os/ → /ˈi.ði.os/ → /ˈi.ði.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /í.di.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.di.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ði.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ði.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ði.os/

Adjective

ῐ̓́δῐος • (ídios) m (feminine ῐ̓δῐ́ᾱ, neuter ῐ̓́δῐον); first/second declension

1. pertaining to self, that is, one's own
2. private (as opposed to public)
3. related to
4. separate, distinct
5. peculiar, specific, appropriate

Inflection

First and second declension of ῐ̓́δῐος; ῐ̓δῐ́ᾱ; ῐ̓́δῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ῐ̓́δῐος ídios	ῐ̓δῐ́ᾱ idíā	ῐ̓́δῐον ídion		ῐ̓δῐ́ω idíō	ῐ̓δῐ́ᾱ idíā	ῐ̓δῐ́ω idíō		ῐ̓́δῐοι ídioi	ῐ̓́δῐαι ídiai	ῐ̓́δῐᾰ ídia
Genitive		ῐ̓δῐ́ου idíou	ῐ̓δῐ́ᾱς idíās	ῐ̓δῐ́ου idíou		ῐ̓δῐ́οιν idíoin	ῐ̓δῐ́αιν idíain	ῐ̓δῐ́οιν idíoin		ῐ̓δῐ́ων idíōn	ῐ̓δῐ́ων idíōn	ῐ̓δῐ́ων idíōn
Dative		ῐ̓δῐ́ῳ idíōi	ῐ̓δῐ́ᾳ idíāi	ῐ̓δῐ́ῳ idíōi		ῐ̓δῐ́οιν idíoin	ῐ̓δῐ́αιν idíain	ῐ̓δῐ́οιν idíoin		ῐ̓δῐ́οις idíois	ῐ̓δῐ́αις idíais	ῐ̓δῐ́οις idíois
Accusative		ῐ̓́δῐον ídion	ῐ̓δῐ́ᾱν idíān	ῐ̓́δῐον ídion		ῐ̓δῐ́ω idíō	ῐ̓δῐ́ᾱ idíā	ῐ̓δῐ́ω idíō		ῐ̓δῐ́ους idíous	ῐ̓δῐ́ᾱς idíās	ῐ̓́δῐᾰ ídia
Vocative		ῐ̓́δῐε ídie	ῐ̓δῐ́ᾱ idíā	ῐ̓́δῐον ídion		ῐ̓δῐ́ω idíō	ῐ̓δῐ́ᾱ idíā	ῐ̓δῐ́ω idíō		ῐ̓́δῐοι ídioi	ῐ̓́δῐαι ídiai	ῐ̓́δῐᾰ ídia
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ῐ̓δῐ́ως idíōs				ῐ̓δῐώτερος idiṓteros				ῐ̓δῐώτᾰτος idiṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs)
• ἰδιοσυγκρασία (idiosunkrasía)

Further reading

• “ἴδιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἴδιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἴδιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἴδιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἴδιος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G2398 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • distinctive idem, page 241.
  • domestic idem, page 246.
  • exclusive idem, page 289.
  • independent idem, page 432.
  • individual idem, page 434.
  • own idem, page 587.
  • particular idem, page 594.
  • peculiar idem, page 601.
  • private idem, page 642.
  • selfish idem, page 751.
  • separate idem, page 754.
  • special idem, page 799.
  • unattached idem, page 907.
  • unofficial idem, page 926.