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ἰδιωτεύω

idioteuo

occupy a private station

Appears 6 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἰδιωτεύω, A. occupy a private station, opp. δημοσιεύω, Pl. Ap. 32a, R. 579c; opp. ἄρχω, X. Hier. 8.5; opp. τυραννεύω, Isoc. 2.4; opp. πολιτεύεσθαι, Aeschin. 1.195; of a country, to be of no consideration, X. Cyr. 8.7.7. II. practise privately, of a physician, opp. ὁ δημοσιεύων, Pl. Plt. 259a, cf. Grg. 514esq. III. c. gen. rei, τῆς ἀρετῆς ἰ. to be unpractised, unskilled in . . , Id. Prt. 327a. IV. in Lit. Crit., to be vulgar, of expressions, Longin. 31.2.
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