Ancient Greek

Noun

ῐ̓δῐ́ωμᾰ • ‎(idíōma) n ‎(genitive ῐ̓δῐώμᾰτος); third declension

1. peculiarity, specific property, unique feature
2. peculiarity of style
   • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Amm. 2t
   1. idiom
      • 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Syntax 157.9
   2. style
      • 250–350 BC, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 15.696e

Declension

Derived terms

• ῐ̓δῐωμᾰτεύομαι ‎(idiōmateúomai)
• ῐ̓δῐωμᾰτῐκός ‎(idiōmatikós)

Descendants

• Latin: idiōma

References

• ἰδίωμα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «ἰδίωμα» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette