ἰδιώτης
Alt. ἰδιώτης, ου,
Etym. ἴδιος
I. "a private person, an individual", ξυμφέροντα καὶ πόλεσι καὶ ἰδιώταις Thuc., etc.
II. "one in a private station", opp. to one taking part in public affairs, Hdt., attic; opp. to στρατηγός, "a private soldier", Xen.
2. "a common man, plebeian", Plut.
3. as adj., ἰδ. βίος "a private" station, "homely" way of life, Plat.
III. "one who has no professional knowledge", as we say "a layman," ἰατρὸς καὶ ἰδιώτης Thuc.; opp. to ποιητής, "a prose-writer", Plat.; to a trained soldier, Thuc.; to a skilled workman, Plat.
2. c. gen. rei, "unpractised, unskilled in" a thing, Lat. expers, rudis, ἰατρικῆς id=Plat.; also, ἰδ. κατά τι Xen.
3. generally, "a raw hand, an ignorant, ill-informed man", id=Xen., Dem.
IV. ἰδιῶται "one's own countrymen", opp. to ξένοι, Ar.