ἴδιος

See also: ίδιος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἵδιος (hídios) — Argolic
ϝίδιος (wídios) — Doric

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *hwédios, from Proto-Indo-European *swéd-yo-s, from *swé (“self”). Equivalent to ἕ (hé) +‎ -ῐος (-ĭos).^[1]

Pronunciation

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

pertaining to self, that is, one's own
private (as opposed to public)
related to
separate, distinct
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 ĭ́dĭos	ῐ̓δῐ́ᾱ ĭdĭ́ā	ῐ̓́δῐον ĭ́dĭon	ῐ̓δῐ́ω ĭdĭ́ō	ῐ̓δῐ́ᾱ ĭdĭ́ā	ῐ̓δῐ́ω ĭdĭ́ō	ῐ̓́δῐοι ĭ́dĭoi	ῐ̓́δῐαι ĭ́dĭai	ῐ̓́δῐᾰ ĭ́dĭă
Genitive	ῐ̓δῐ́ου ĭdĭ́ou	ῐ̓δῐ́ᾱς ĭdĭ́ās	ῐ̓δῐ́ου ĭdĭ́ou	ῐ̓δῐ́οιν ĭdĭ́oin	ῐ̓δῐ́αιν ĭdĭ́ain	ῐ̓δῐ́οιν ĭdĭ́oin	ῐ̓δῐ́ων ĭdĭ́ōn	ῐ̓δῐ́ων ĭdĭ́ōn	ῐ̓δῐ́ων ĭdĭ́ōn
Dative	ῐ̓δῐ́ῳ ĭdĭ́ōi	ῐ̓δῐ́ᾳ ĭdĭ́āi	ῐ̓δῐ́ῳ ĭdĭ́ōi	ῐ̓δῐ́οιν ĭdĭ́oin	ῐ̓δῐ́αιν ĭdĭ́ain	ῐ̓δῐ́οιν ĭdĭ́oin	ῐ̓δῐ́οις ĭdĭ́ois	ῐ̓δῐ́αις ĭdĭ́ais	ῐ̓δῐ́οις ĭdĭ́ois
Accusative	ῐ̓́δῐον ĭ́dĭon	ῐ̓δῐ́ᾱν ĭdĭ́ān	ῐ̓́δῐον ĭ́dĭon	ῐ̓δῐ́ω ĭdĭ́ō	ῐ̓δῐ́ᾱ ĭdĭ́ā	ῐ̓δῐ́ω ĭdĭ́ō	ῐ̓δῐ́ους ĭdĭ́ous	ῐ̓δῐ́ᾱς ĭdĭ́ās	ῐ̓́δῐᾰ ĭ́dĭă
Vocative	ῐ̓́δῐε ĭ́dĭe	ῐ̓δῐ́ᾱ ĭdĭ́ā	ῐ̓́δῐον ĭ́dĭon	ῐ̓δῐ́ω ĭdĭ́ō	ῐ̓δῐ́ᾱ ĭdĭ́ā	ῐ̓δῐ́ω ĭdĭ́ō	ῐ̓́δῐοι ĭ́dĭoi	ῐ̓́δῐαι ĭ́dĭai	ῐ̓́δῐᾰ ĭ́dĭă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ῐ̓δῐ́ως ĭdĭ́ōs			ῐ̓δῐώτερος ĭdĭṓteros			ῐ̓δῐώτᾰτος ĭdĭṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs)
ἰδιοσυγκρασία (idiosunkrasía)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἴδιος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 577-578

“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.

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἴδιος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 577-578

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