I.a private person, an individual, ξυμφέροντα καὶ πόλεσι καὶ ἰδιώταις Thuc., etc.
II.one in a private station, opp. to one taking part in public affairs, Hdt., attic; opp. to στρατηγός, a private soldier, Xen.
2.a common man, plebeian, Plut.
III.one who has no professional knowledge, as we say "a layman," ἰατρὸς καὶ ἰδιώτης Thuc.; opp. to ποιητής, a prose-writer, Plat.; to a trained soldier, Thuc.; to a skilled workman, Plat.
2.c. gen. rei, unpractised, unskilled in a thing, Lat. expers, rudis, ἰατρικῆς id=Plat.; also, ἰδ. κατά τι Xen.
3.generally, a raw hand, an ignorant, ill-informed man, id=Xen., Dem.
