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.