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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. The ancient Greek understanding of an “idiot” referred to someone who was a private citizen or a person who did not actively participate in public life or politics.
Here's a list of translations. Greek Translation. βλάκας. vlákas. More Greek words for idiot. ηλίθιος noun. i̱líthios imbecile, clot, nitwit, cretin, mooncalf. ανόητος noun.
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’.
9 Απρ 2020 · Hello everyone 🙋 Today we will learn how from the Greek word ιδιώτης (layman, ordinary individual) comes the English word idiot (stupid) and why the English word idiot has a negative ...
18 Μαρ 2024 · commoner, plebeian. uneducated person, layman, amateur. one who is not in the know, an outsider. an ignorant or illiterate person. one who is awkward, clumsy. (in the plural) one's countrymen.
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.
Translation for 'idiot' in the free English-Greek dictionary and many other Greek translations.