idiota

See also: idiotā and idióta

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Spanish idiota, from Latin idiōta (“idiot”), from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).

NounEdit

idiota (plural idiotas)

1. (pejorative, slang, US) fool or imbecile

SynonymsEdit

• fool    [WS]

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ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).

NounEdit

idiota m (plural idioti) idiota f (plural idiote)

1. (pejorative) idiot, moron, clot

AdjectiveEdit

idiota (feminine singular idiota, masculine plural idioti, feminine plural idiote)

1. idiotic

Related termsEdit

• idiozia / idiotaggine
• idiotismo

AnagramsEdit

• iodati, odiati

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LatinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• idiōtēs

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “person not involved in public affairs, layman”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /i.diˈoː.ta/, [ɪ.dɪˈoː.ta]

NounEdit

idiōta m (genitive idiōtae); first declension

1. (pejorative) idiot

InflectionEdit

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	idiōta	idiōtae
genitive	idiōtae	idiōtārum
dative	idiōtae	idiōtīs
accusative	idiōtam	idiōtās
ablative	idiōtā	idiōtīs
vocative	idiōta	idiōtae

DescendantsEdit

Descendants

• English: idiot
• French: idiot
• Italian: idiota
• Polish: idiota
• Portuguese: idiota
• Romanian: idiot
• Serbo-Croatian: idiot
• Spanish: idiota

ReferencesEdit

• idiota in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• idiota in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• idiota in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• idiota in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a connoisseur; a specialist: (artis, artium) intellegens, peritus (opp. idiota, a layman)
    

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LatvianEdit

NounEdit

idiota m

1. genitive singular form of idiots

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PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /idˈjɔ.ta/

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NounEdit

idiota m pers (feminine idiotka)

1. idiot
2. (medicine, obsolete) person with severe mental retardation

Usage notesEdit

In obsolete medical usage, idiota referred to severe cases of developmental disability. Milder forms were described with the words imbecyl and debil.

DeclensionEdit

declension of idiota

	singular	plural
nominative	idiota	idioci
genitive	idioty	idiotów
dative	idiocie	idiotom
accusative	idiotę	idiotów
instrumental	idiotą	idiotami
locative	idiocie	idiotach
vocative	idioto	idioci

Derived termsEdit

• idiotyczny
• idiotyzm

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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): [i.ˈðjɔ.tɐ]
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.ˈd͡ʒjɔ.tɐ/, [i.ˈd͡ʒɔ.ta]
• Hyphenation: i‧dio‧ta
• Rhymes: -ɔtɐ

AdjectiveEdit

idiota (plural, comparable)

1. idiotic

NounEdit

idiota m, f (plural idiotas)

1. idiot

Related termsEdit

• idiotia
• idiotice

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SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /i.ˈdjo.ta/, [i.ˈðjo.ta]

AdjectiveEdit

idiota (plural idiotas)

1. idiotic

NounEdit

idiota m, f (plural idiotas)

1. (pejorative) idiot

Related termsEdit

• idiotez