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κοινός, κοινός, κοινή, κοινόν, common

κοινός, ή, όν, also ός, όν S. Tr. 207 (lyr.):—
  • common (opp. ἴδιος), not in Hom. (v. ξυνός) ; ἐκ κοινοῦ shared in common, Hes. Op. 723; ἔσται γὰρ βίος ἐκ κ. Ar. Ec. 610; of a common altar, Simon. 140; τὸ τέμενος εἶναι κ. SIG 1044.29 (Halic., iv/iii B.C.); κ. ἔρχεται κῦμʼ Ἀΐδα Pi. N. 7.30; τρεῖς . . κ. ὄμμʼ ἐκτημέναι, of the Gorgons, A. Pr. 795; κ. ὠφέλημα θνητοῖσιν φανείς, of Prometheus, ib. 613; τὰς γυναῖκας εἶναι κοινάς Pl. R. 457d: prov., κοινὸν τύχη A. Fr. 389, cf. Men. Mon. 356; κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φίλων E. Or. 735 (troch.), Pl. Phdr. 279c, Men. 9, etc.; κ. Ἑρμῆς ‘share the luck’, Id. Epit. 67, 100; κ. ἀρωγά common aid (i.e. for all), S. Ph. 1145 (lyr.); ἐν δὲ κοινὸς ἀρσένων ἴτω κλαγγά and let the shouts of males rise jointly, Id. Tr. 207 (lyr.); κ. πόλεμον πολεμεῖν X. Hier. 2.8; τὸν ἀέρα τὸν κ. Men. 531.8; κ. τὸν ᾅδην ἔσχον οἱ πάντες βροτοί Id. 538.8; κ. ἀγαθὸν τοῦτʼ ἐστί, χρηστὸς εὐτυχῶν Id. 791: c. dat., κ. τινί common to or with another, ὑμῖν φῶς . . καὶ τοῖσδʼ ἅπασι κ. A. Ag. 523; ὁ δαίμων κ. ἦν ἀμφοῖν ἅμα Id. Th. 812; θάλατταν κ. ἐᾶν τοῖς ἡττημένοις And. 3.19; οἰκία . . κοινοτάτη ἀεὶ τῷ δεομένῳ Id. 1.147; [πολιτεία] τίς κοινοτάτη; Arist. Pol. 1289b14, cf. 1265b29; κοινόν τι χαρᾷ καὶ λύπῃ δάκρυα X. HG 7.1.32; τὸν ἥλιον τὸν κ. ἡμῖν Men. 611: c. gen., πάντων αἰθὴρ κ. φάος εἱλίσσων A. Pr. 1092 (anap.), cf. Pers. 132 (lyr.), Eu. 109, Pi. N. 1.32; κ. τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων τε καὶ Ἀθηναίων shared in by both . ., Pl. Mx. 241c, etc.: with Preps., τὸ ἐπὶ πᾶσι κ., v. infr. V; κ. κατʼ ἀμφοτέρων A.D. Synt. 144.19; οὐ γίγνεταί μοί τι κ. πρός τινα AP 11.141 (Lucill.), cf. Iamb. Myst. 5.7; μέρος κ. πρός τινα shared with . ., CPR 22.11 (ii A.D.), etc.; κ. μεταξύ τινων Stud.Pal. 1.7 ii 11 (v A.D.).
    • II in social and political relations, public, general, τὸ κ. ἀγαθόν the common weal, Th. 5.90; κ. λόγῳ Id. 5.37, Hdt. 1.141; κ. στόλῳ ib. 170; ἀδικήματα D. 21.45; ὁ τῆς πόλεως κ. δήμιος Pl. Lg. 872b; κοινότατον of public or general interest, ib. 724b, cf. Arist. Rh. 1354b29; of constitutions, popular, free, κοινοτέραν εἶναι τὴν ἐκείνου μοναρχίαν τῆς αὑτῶν δημοκρατίας Isoc. 10.36.
      • 2 τὸ κ. the state, τὸ κ. Σπαρτιητέων Hdt. 1.67: abs., of oneʼs own state, Ar. Ec. 208, etc.; τὸ κ. ὠφελεῖται Antipho 3.2.3, cf. X. Cyr. 2.2.20; τὰς ὠφελείας ἅπασιν εἰς τὸ κ. ἀπεδίδου Isoc. 10.36.
        • b esp. of leagues or federations, τὸ κ. τῶν Ἰώνων Hdt. 5.109; τῶν συμμάχων Isoc. 14.21; τῶν Βοιωτῶν SIG 457.10 (Thespiae, iii B.C.), Plb. 20.6.1 (pl.), etc.; ἄνευ τοῦ πάντων κοινοῦ (sc. τῶν Θεσσαλῶν) Th. 4.78; also, of private associations, Test.Epict. 1.22, SIG 1113 (Loryma), al.; of guilds or corporations, τὸ κ. τῶν τεκτόνων POxy. 53.2 (iv A.D.); of boards of magistrates, τὸ κ. τῶν ἀρχόντων ib. 54.12 (iii A.D.).
        • c the government, public authorities, Th. 1.90, 2.12, etc.; τὰ κ. Hdt. 3.156; ἀπαγγεῖλαι ἐπὶ τὰ κ. Th. 5.37; ἀπὸ τοῦ κ. by public authority, Hdt. 5.85, 8.135; σὺν τῷ κ. by common consent, Id. 9.87.
        • d the public treasury, χρημάτων μεγάλων ἐν τῷ κ. γενομένων Id. 7.144; ἐν τῷ κ. καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς Th. 6.6, cf. 17; χρήματα δοῦναι ἐκ τοῦ κ. Hdt. 9.87; ἔχειν ἐν κοινῷ (without the Art.), Th. 1.80, cf. Sch.adloc.
        • e common right or rights of citizens, τὸ κ. τὸ τῶν πολιτῶν Arist. Pol. 1283b41.
      • 3 τὰ κ. public affairs: πρὸς τὰ κ. προσελθεῖν, προσιέναι, to enter public life, D. 18.257, Aeschin. 1.165; but also, the public money, Ar. Pl. 569, D. 8.23 (in full, τὰ κ. χρήματα X. HG 6.5.34, Arist. Pol. 1271b11); τὰ κ. τῆς πόλεως, opp. τὰ ἁγνά, BMus.Inscr. 4.481*.383; ἀπὸ κοινοῦ at the public expense, X. An. 4.7.27, 5.1.12; ἐκ κοινοῦ φαγεῖν Euphro 8.4, cf. Antiph. 230; ἐκ κ. from common funds, at joint expense, PGrenf. 1.21.19 (ii B.C.).
    • III common, ordinary, τὰ κ. εἰδέναι Pl. Ax. 366b; διὰ τῶν κ. ποιεῖσθαι τὰς πίστεις Arist. Rh. 1355a27; κοινοτάτη τῶν αἰσθήσεων [ἡ ἁφή] Id. EN 1118b1; τὰ κ. commonplaces, Men. Sam. 27, Epit. 309; so κ. τόπος Hermog. Prog. 6, Aphth. Prog. 7; ἡ κ. ἔννοια or ἐπίνοια, Plb. 2.62.2, 6.5.2; κ. νοῦς, φρένες, common sense, Phld. Rh. 1.37 S., 202 S.; κ. καὶ διήκουσαι κακίαι general and all-pervading vices, Id. Sign. 28; κ. καὶ δημώδη ὀνόματα Longin. 40.2; κ. καὶ ἐν μέσῳ κείμενα ὀνόματα D.H. Lys. 3; ἡ κ. διάλεκτος every-day language (free from archaisms and far-fetched expressions), Id. Isoc. 2; πεφευγὼς τὸ κ. Phld. Acad. Ind. p.53 M.
      • 2 Gramm., ordinary, ‘regular’ Greek, opp. special dialects, διάλεκτοί εἰσι πέντε, Ἀτθὶς Δωρὶς Αἰολὶς Ἰὰς καὶ κ. Sch. D.T. p.14 H., cf. D.S. 1.16, Theodos. Can. p.37 H., etc.; ἡ κ. alone, A.D. Conj. 223.24; τὸ κ. ἔθος, ἡ κ. ἐκφορά, Id. Adv. 155.10, Pron. 4.27; οἱ κ. the writers who use this language, Sch.D.T. p.469 H., EM 405.23.
        • b colloquial, vulgar Greek, Moer.pp. 201 (Comp., prob. for καιν-), 243P., al.
        • c ἡ κ. διάλεκτος demotic Egyptian, Manetho ap. J. Ap. 1.14.
      • 3 common, of inferior quality, χρυσός POxy. 905.5 (ii A.D.), 1273.6 (iii A.D.).
      • 4 in magical formulae, of words added at will by the user, ‘and so forth’, freq. in Pap., PMag.Osl. 1.255, PMag.Par. 1.273, al.; κοινὰ ὅσα θέλεις ib. 2.53; ὁ κ. λόγος PMag.Lond. 46.435; cf. κοινολογία.
    • IV of Persons, connected by common origin or kindred, esp. of brothers and sisters, κ. σπέρμα Pi. O. 7.92, cf. S. OT 261, OC 535 (lyr.); κ. αἷμα Id. Ant. 202, cf. 1; κ. πατήρ, μήτηρ, PAmh. 2.152.9 (v/vi A.D.), PFlor. 47.11 (iii A.D.); also κ. Χάριτες Pi. O. 2.50.
      • 2 one who shares in a thing, partner, ἐν θύμασιν κ. ποεῖσθαί τινα S. OT 240; κ. ἐν κοινοῖσι λυπεῖσθαι Id. Aj. 267, cf. Ar. V. 917; also κ. τῷ θεῷ belonging in part to the god (who claims tithe of his substance), Berl.Sitzb. 1927.161 (Cyrene).
      • 3 lending a ready ear to all, impartial, μὴ οὐ κ. ἀποβῆτε Th. 3.53; neutral, ib. 68; κοινοὺς τῷ τε διώκοντι καὶ τῷ φεύγοντι Lys. 15.1; μέτριος καὶ κ. Arist. Ath. 6.3; κοινοί, οἱ, arbitrators, GDI 1832.10 (Delph.); κ. μεσίτης PStrassb. 41.14 (iii A.D.); of a capital city, δεῖ . . κοινὴν εἶναι τῶν τόπων ἁπάντων easily accessible on all sides, Arist. Pol. 1327a6.
        • b courteous, affable, X. Cyn. 13.9; κ. ἅπασι γενέσθαι Isoc. 5.80; τῇ πρὸς πάντας φιλανθρωπίᾳ κ. Democh. 2 J.; ἔχειν τὰς κ. φρένας Phld. Rh. 1.202 S.
        • c in bad sense, κοινή, ἡ, prostitute, Vett.Val. 119.30, Porph. Hist.Phil. 12 (pl.).
        • d of events, κοινότεραι τύχαι more impartial, i.e. more equal, chances, Th. 5.102; ἔστιν ἐν τῷ κ. πᾶσι c. inf., And. 2.6.
    • V in Logic, general, universal, τὸ κ. λαμβάνειν περί τινων, τὸ ἐπὶ πᾶσι κ., Pl. Tht. 185b, 185c; τὰ κ. λεγόμενα ἀξιώματα Arist. APo. 76b14; αἱ κ. ἀρχαί ib. 88a36; κ. ἔννοιαι axioms, heading in Euc.; general, κ. ὅρος Arist. Metaph. 987b6; κοινὰ καὶ στοιχειώδη general principles, Phld. Rh. 1.69S.; κ. σημεῖον, opp. ἴδιον, Id. Sign. 14; κ. κρίσις objectively valid judgement, Id. Po. 5.22; ὄνομα κ. Str. 10.2.10; abstract, ὁ κ. ἄνθρωπος καὶ λογισμῷ ληπτός Dam. Pr. 341.
    • VI Gramm.,
      • 1 κ. συλλαβή common syllable, capable of being long or short, D.T. 633.17, Heph. 1.4.
        • b κ. ποιήματα, poems which are both κατὰ στίχον and συστηματικά, e.g. the Sapphic stanza, Id. pp. 58,59 C.; also, poems of ambiguous metrical form, Id. p.60 C.
      • 2 v. supr. III.2.
      • 3 of gender, κ. γένος D.T. 634.19; of nouns, A.D. Pron. 30.7, al., EM 143.33, 305.19, etc.
      • 4 ἀπὸ κοινοῦ λαμβάνειν, of two clauses taking a word in common, A.D. Synt. 122.14, al.; κοινὸν or ἐκ κοινοῦ παραλαμβάνεσθαι, ib. 20, 28, al.
    • VII of forbidden meats, common, profane, φαγεῖν κ. καὶ ἀκάθαρτον Act.Ap. 10.14, cf. Ep.Rom. 14.14; κ. χερσὶ ἐσθίειν Ev.Marc. 7.2.
    • VIII κοινόν, τό, name of an eye-salve, CIL 13.10021.3, al.
  • B Adv. κοινῶς in common, jointly, E. Ion 1462; τὰ κοινὰ κ. δεῖ φέρειν συμπτώματα Men. 817: Comp., ἐν Κρήτῃ -οτέρως [ἔχει τὰ τῶν συσσιτίων] Arist. Pol. 1272a16.
      • 2 publicly, κ. μᾶλλον ὠφέλησαν ἢ ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ἔβλαψαν Th. 2.42, etc.
      • 3 sociably, like other citizens, οὐδὲ κ. οὐδὲ πολιτικῶς ἐβίωσαν Isoc. 4.151; ἴσως καὶ κ. πρός τινα προσφέρεσθαι Arist. Rh.Al. 1430a1; κ. καὶ φιλικῶς Plu. Ant. 33; μετρίως καὶ κ. ἀσπάζεσθαι Id. Arat. 43.
      • 4 in general, Diph.Siph. ap. Ath. 3.81a; ἡ κ. σύνεσις, τὸ κ. ἄνθρωπον", Phld. Vit. p.34J., Mort. 38; opp. ἰδίως, Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1014.41, Plu. Marc. 8, cf. Longin. 15.1; κοινότερον εἰπεῖν Phld. Rh. 1.256 S.; -οτέρως Orib. Fr. 93.
      • 5 in the common dialect, A.D. Pron. 82.27, al.: Comp. -ότερον Id. Synt. 159.5.
      • 6 in plain language, opp. σοφιστικῶς, Plu. QConv. 2.659f; in the ordinary or wide sense, opp. κυρίως, Them. in APo. 5.5: Comp., M.Ant. 2.10.
    • II fem. dat. κοινῇ; Dor. κοινᾷ SIG 56.11 (Argos, v B.C.); Boeot. κυνῆ ib. 635.31 (Acraeph., ii B.C.):—in common, by common consent, Hdt. 1.148, 3.79, S. OT 606, OC 1339, E. Hipp. 731, Th. 1.3, etc.; κ. πᾶσι καὶ χωρίς Arist. Pol. 1278b23, cf. Ath. 40.3; κ. μετά τινος, κ. σύν τινι, Pl. Smp. 209c, SIG 346.27 (iv B.C.), X. Mem. 1.6.14, etc.; ἰδίᾳ τε καὶ κ. Alex. 291: also neut.pl. κοινά S. Ant. 546.
      • 2 publicly, καὶ κ. καὶ ἰδίᾳ X. HG 1.2.10, Mem. 2.1.12, etc.
      • 3 as Prep. c. dat., together with, E. Ion 1228, Hel. 829, Fr. 823.
    • III with Preps., εἰς κοινόν in common, in public, ὑμῖν τῇδέ τʼ ἐς κ. φράσω A. Pr. 844; πᾶσιν ἐς κ. λέγω Id. Eu. 408, cf. Ar. Av. 457 (lyr.), Pl. Lg. 796e; εἰς κ. γνώμην ἀποφαίνεσθαι D. 19.156; εἰς τὸ κ. λέγειν, ἀγορεύειν, Pl. Tht. 165a, X. An. 5.6.27; εἰς τὸ κ. for public use, Pl. Lg. 681c.
      • 2 ἀπὸ κοινοῦ, ἐκ κοινοῦ, v. A.I.1, II.3, VI.4.
      • 3 ἀφεῖσαν ἐν κοινῷ ζητεῖν, Lat. rem in medio reliquerunt, Arist. Metaph. 987b14; but οἱ ἐν κ. γιγνόμενοι λόγοι, = οἱ ἐξωτερικοὶ λόγοι, Id. de An. 407b29.
      • 4 κατὰ κοινόν, opp. κατʼ ἰδίαν, jointly, in common, Lex ap. D. 21.94, Plb. 4.3.5; prob. for κατὰ κοινοῦ Id. 11.30.3.

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