ἰδίωμα

ατος, τό

ἰδιόω

A. peculiarity, specific property, unique feature, Epicur. Ep. 1p.25U., Stoic. 2.25, etc.; τὰ τῶν χρωμάτων ἰ. Epicur. Ep. 2p.51U.; τῆς πολιτείας Plb. 2.38.10; τοῦ νόμου BGU 12.18 (ii A.D.); τὸ καθ’ αὑτὸν ἰ. τηρεῖν Plb. 2.59.2; τὰ περὶ τὴν χώραν, περὶ αὐτοὺς ἰ., Id. 2.14.3, 6.3.3; τὸ ἐξαίρετόν τινος ἰ. A.D. Synt. 15.19; ἀγαθότητος ἰ. Procl. Inst. 133; ὕλης Id. Theol.Plat. 5.35; property, φαρμάκου Heras ap.Gal. 13.785, cf. Dsc. 1.71; of the properties of numbers, Theol.Ar. 5,al.; τὸ ἰ. τοῦ ἑνός Dam. Pr. 5: special subject, τῆς πραγματείας Sor. 1.126.
II. peculiarity of style, D.H. Amm. 2tit., al.
2. idiom, ἰ. Ὁμηρικόν A.D. Synt. 157.9.
3. style, παιανικὸν ἰ. Ath. 15.696e.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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