I.an uneducated, ignorant, inexperienced, common person (cf. rudis): quidni et tu idem illitteratum me atque idiotam diceres? Lucil. ap. Non. 38, 24: “quae non modo istum hominem ingeniosum atque intelligentem, verum etiam quemvis nostrum, quos iste idiotas appellat, delectare possent,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 4; cf. id. Pis. 26, 62: “ludos nobis idiotis relinquet,” id. ib. 27, 65: “posteaquam rem paternam ab idiotarum divitiis ad philosophorum regulam perduxit,” id. Sest. 51, 110: “quoniam respondere nos tibi non quimus, quos idiotas et rudes vocas,” Gell. 1, 2, 6: “idiotae,” the common throng, the fickle mass, Quint. 8, 3, 22.
ĭdĭōta , ae, m., = ἰδιώτης,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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