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17 Ιουν 2024 · An “idiot” who in modern use, is a stupid or foolish person, for ancient Greeks had a different meaning and did not carry the derogatory or insulting sense that it does today.
30 Μαΐ 2019 · Historian Xenophon, for example, considered the word “idiot” to mean an individual who is inexperienced, uneducated, ignorant, not qualified to participate in political affairs or hold public office. It seems that this ancient derogatory meaning was adopted by modern Europeans to come to the notion of stupid.
The word “idiot” comes from the Greek noun ἰδιώτης idiōtēs ‘a private person, individual’, ‘a private citizen ‘ (as opposed to an official), ‘a common man’, ‘a person lacking professional skill, layman’, later ‘unskilled’, ‘ignorant’, derived from the adjective ἴδιος idios ‘private’, ‘one’s own’.
idiot Search Google. Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these. Euripides, Suppliants, 968. English > Greek (Woodhouse) substantive. P. βλάξ, ὁ or ἡ, or use adj., P. and V. ἄνους, ἄφρων, μῶρος; see foolish.
The word "idiot" ultimately comes from the Greek noun ἰδιώτης idiōtēs 'a private person, individual' (as opposed to the state), 'a private citizen ' (as opposed to someone with a political office), 'a common man', 'a person lacking professional skill, layman', later 'unskilled', 'ignorant', derived from the adjective ἴδιος idios ...
WordReference English-Greek Dictionary © 2024: Σύνθετοι τύποι: Αγγλικά. Ελληνικά. complete idiot n. (totally stupid person) (υβριστικό) πανίβλακας, πανηλίθιος ουσ αρσ. εντελώς βλάκας, τελείως βλάκας φρ ως ουσ αρσ.
The word idiot originates from Greek word Ιδιώτης (idiotis) but in Greek has very different meaning. The word ιδιώτης means private person. The explanation for this transforamtion of the meaning comes from Ancient Athens.
