ιδιώτης

See also: ἰδιώτης

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from French idiot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈðʝo.tis/

Noun

ιδιώτης • (idiótis) m (plural ιδιώτες)

1. private individual
2. (medicine) person with learning difficulties, mentally handicapped person

Declension

Declension of ιδιώτης

	singular	plural
nominative	ιδιώτης •	ιδιώτες •
genitive	ιδιώτη •	ιδιωτών •
accusative	ιδιώτη •	ιδιώτες •
vocative	ιδιώτη •	ιδιώτες •

Further reading

• “ιδιώτης”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998