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unusual facts about Bauer lexicon


Idiot

According to the Bauer-Danker Lexicon, the noun ίδιωτής in ancient Greek meant "civilian" (ref Josephus Bell 2 178), "private citizen" (ref sb 3924 9 25), "private soldier as opposed to officer," (Polybius 1.69), "relatively unskilled, not clever," (Herodotus 2,81 and 7 199).


A Greek–English Lexicon

It is also sometimes compared with the Bauer lexicon, which is a similar work focused on the Greek of the New Testament.


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