The corpus record

λᾱϊκ-ός

laikos

of, from the people, unofficial, civilian

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What it meant

λᾱϊκ-ός · laik-os — LSJ

of, from the people, unofficial, civilian

of or from the people: hence, unofficial, civilian, PLille 10.4 (iii B. C.), PStrassb. 93.4 (ii B. C.).

2 common, holy

common (opp. consecrated), of bread, Aq., Sm., Thd. 1 Ki. 21.4(5); of a place, opp. holy, Sm., Thd. Ez. 48.15.

II layman

as Subst., layman, opp. κληρικός, Cod.Just. 1.1.3.2, 1.3.38.2, Just. Nov. 6.5.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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