ἴδιος
Alt. ἴ^διος, η, ον
I. "one's own, pertaining to oneself": and so,
1. "private, personal", πρῆξις ἥδ᾽ ἰδίη οὐ δήμιος this business is "private", not public, Od.; ἴδιος ἐν κοινῷ σταλείς embarking "a private man" in a public cause, Pind.; πλοῦτος ἴδιος καὶ δημόσιος "private" and public wealth, Thuc.; τὰ ἱρὰ καὶ τὸ ἴδια temples and "private buildings", Hdt.
2. τὰ ἴδια, either "private affairs, private interests", Thuc.; or "one's own property", id=Thuc.; ἴδια πράττειν to mind "one's own affairs", Eur.; τὰ ἐμὰ ἴδια Dem.:—in sg., τὸ ἡμέτερον ἴδιον id=Dem.; εἰς τὸ ἴδιον for "oneself", Xen.; τοὐμὸν ἴδιον "for my own part", Luc.
II. "peculiar, separate, distinct", ἔθνος ἴδιον Hdt.; ἴδιοί τινες θεοί Ar.; ἴδιον ἢ ἄλλοι "peculiar and different" from others, Plat.; "strange, unaccustomed", ἰδίοισιν ὑμεναίοισι Eur.
III. regul. comp. is ἰδιώτερος.; Sup. ἰδιώτατος, Dem.; later ἰδιαίτερος, -αίτατος, Arist.
IV. adv. ἰδίως, "especially, peculiarly", Plat., etc.
2. also ἰδίᾳ, ionic -ίῃ, as adv. "by oneself, privately, separately, on one's own account", Hdt., etc.; οὔτε ἰδίᾳ οὔτε ἐν κοινῷ Thuc.; καὶ ἰδίᾳ καὶ δημοσίᾳ id=Thuc.:—c. gen. "apart from", Ar.