ἴδιος

See also: ίδιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *hwédios, from Proto-Indo-European *swéd-yo-s, from *swé (self). Equivalent to () + -ῐος (-ios).[1]

Pronunciation

 

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

Derived terms

References

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

Further reading

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