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κοινός,ή,όν, alsoός,όν
S. Tr. 207 (lyr.):—
A. 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 acommonaltar, Simon. 140 ; τὸ τέμενος εἶναι κ.
SIG 1044.29
(Halic.,iv/iii B.C.); κ. ἔρχεται κῦμ' Ἀί̈δα
Pi. N. 7.30
;τρεῖς . . κ. ὄμμ' 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 commonaid (i.e. for all), S. Ph. 1145 (lyr.);ἐν δὲ κοινὸς ἀρσένων ἴτω κλαγγάand let the shouts of males risejointly, Id. Tr. 207 (lyr.); κ. πόλεμον πολεμεῖν
Close Browse lexicon entries ; κ. τὸν ᾅδην ἔσχον οἱ πάντες βροτοί
; κ. ἀγαθὸν τοῦτ' ἐστί, χρηστὸς εὐτυχῶν
: c. dat.,κ. τινί common toorwithanother, ὑμῖν φῶς . . καὶ τοῖσδ' ἅπασι κ.
; ὁ δαίμων κ. ἦν ἀμφοῖν ἅμα
; θάλατταν κ. ἐᾶν τοῖς ἡττημένοις
; οἰκία . . κοινοτάτη ἀεὶ τῷ δεομένῳ
; [πολιτεία] τίς κοινοτάτη; Arist. Pol. 1289b14 , cf. 1265b29 ; κοινόν τι χαρᾷ καὶ λύπῃ δάκρυα
: c. gen., πάντων αἰθὴρ κ. φάος εἱλίσσων
(anap.), cf. Pers. 132 (lyr.), Eu. 109 , Pi. N. 1.32 ;κ. τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων τε καὶ Ἀθηναίων shared in byboth . . , Pl. Mx. 241c , etc.: with Preps.,τὸ ἐπὶ πᾶσι κ.,v.infr. v; κ. κατ' ἀμφοτέρων
; οὐ γίγνεταί μοί τι κ. πρός τινα
( Lucill. ), cf. Iamb. Myst. 5.7 ;μέρος κ. πρός τινα sharedwith . . , CPR 22.11
(ii A.D.), etc.; κ. μεταξύ τινων
II. in social and political relations,public, general,τὸ κ. ἀγαθόνthecommonweal, Th. 5.90 ; κ. λόγῳ
, Hdt. 1.141 ;κ. στόλῳib. 170 ; ἀδικήματα
;κοινότατον of publicorgeneral interest, ib. 724b , cf. Arist. Rh. 1354b29 ; of constitutions,popular, free, κοινοτέραν εἶναι τὴν ἐκείνου μοναρχίαν τῆς αὑτῶν δημοκρατίας
2. τὸ κ.thestate, τὸ κ. Σπαρτιητέων
: abs., of one's own state, Ar. Ec. 208 , etc.; τὸ κ. ὠφελεῖται
, cf. X. Cyr. 2.2.20 ; τὰς ὠφελείας ἅπασιν εἰς τὸ κ. ἀπεδίδου
b. esp. ofleaguesorfederations, τὸ κ. τῶν Ἰώνων
(Thespiae,iii B.C.), Plb. 20.6.1 (pl.), etc.;ἄνευ τοῦ πάντων κοινοῦ(sc.τῶν Θεσσαλῶν) Th. 4.78 ; also, ofprivate associations,
Test.Epict. 1.22 , SIG 1113 (Loryma), al.; ofguildsorcorporations, τὸ κ. τῶν τεκτόνων
(iv A.D.); ofboardsof magistrates,τὸ κ. τῶν ἀρχόντωνib. 54.12
c. the government, public authorities, Th. 1.90 , 2.12 , etc.; τὰ κ.
;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
; ἐν τῷ κ. καὶ ἐν τοῖς ίεροῖς
, cf. 17 ; χρήματα δοῦναι ἐκ τοῦ κ.
;ἔχειν ἐν κοινῷ(without the Art.), Th. 1.80 , cf. Sch.adloc.
e. common rightorrightsof citizens, τὸ κ. τὸ τῶν πολιτῶν
3. τὰ κ. public affairs:πρὸς τὰ κ. προσελθεῖν, προσιέναι, to enterpublic life, D. 18.257 , Aeschin. 1.165 ; but also,the public money, Ar. Pl. 569 , D. 8.23 (in full, τὰ κ. χρήματα
, 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
, cf. Antiph. 230 ;ἐκ κ.fromcommon funds, atjoint expense,
III. common, ordinary, τὰ κ. εἰδέναι
; διὰ τῶν κ. ποιεῖσθαι τὰς πίστεις
;κοινοτάτη τῶν αἰσθήσεων [ἡ ἁφή] Id. EN 1118b1 ;τὰ κ. commonplaces, Men. Sam. 27 , Epit. 309 ; so κ. τόπος
, Aphth. Prog. 7 ;ἡ κ. ἔννοιαorἐπίνοια, Plb. 2.62.2 , 6.5.2 ;κ. νοῦς, φρένες,commonsense, Phld. Rh. 1.37
S. ;κ. καὶ διήκουσαι κακίαι generaland all-pervading vices, Id. Sign. 28 ; κ. καὶ δημώδη ὀνόματα
; κ. καὶ ἐν μέσῳ κείμενα ὀνόματα
;ἡ κ. διάλεκτος every-daylanguage (free from archaisms and far-fetched expressions), Id. Isoc. 2 ; πεφευγὼς τὸ κ.
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 writerswho use this language, Sch.D.T. p.469 H., EM 405.23 .
b. colloquial, vulgar Greek, Moer. pp.201 ( Comp. , prob. forκαιν-), 243 P., al.
c. ἡ κ. διάλεκτος demoticEgyptian, Manethoap. J. Ap. 1.14 .
3. common, of inferior quality, χρυσός
4. in magical formulae, ofwords added at willby the user, 'and so forth', freq.in Pap., PMag.Osl. 1.255 , PMag.Par. 1.273 , al.;κοινὰ ὅσα θέλειςib. 2.53 ; ὁ κ. λόγος
IV. of Persons,connected by common originorkindred, esp.of brothers and sisters, κ. σπέρμα
, cf. S. OT 261 , OC 535 (lyr.); κ. αἷμα
, cf. 1 ;κ. πατήρ, μήτηρ, PAmh. 2.152.9
(v/vi A.D.), PFlor. 47.11
(iii A.D.); also κ. Χάριτες
2. one who shares ina thing,partner, ἐν θύμασιν κ. ποεῖσθαί τινα
; κ. ἐν κοινοῖσι λυπεῖσθαι
, cf. Ar. V. 917 ; alsoκ. τῷ θεῷ belonging in partto 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
;neutral, ib. 68 ; κοινοὺς τῷ τε διώκοντι καὶ τῷ φεύγοντι
;κοινοί,οἱ ,arbitrators, GDI 1832.10 (Delph.); κ. μεσίτης
(iii A.D.); of a capital city,δεῖ . . κοινὴν εἶναι τῶν τόπων ἁπάντων easily accessibleon all sides, Arist. Pol. 1327a6 .
b. courteous, affable, X. Cyn. 13.9 ; κ. ἅπασι γενέσθαι
; τῇ πρὸς πάντας φιλανθρωπίᾳ κ.
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. πᾶσιc.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
;αἱ κ. ἀρχαίib. 88a36 ;κ. ἔννοιαι axioms, heading in Euc. ;general, κ. ὅρος
;κοινὰ καὶ στοιχειώδη generalprinciples, Phld. Rh. 1.69S. ;κ. σημεῖον, opp.ἴδιον, Id. Sign. 14 ;κ. κρίσις objectively validjudgement, Id. Po. 5.22 ; ὄνομα κ.
;abstract, ὁ κ. ἄνθρωπος καὶ λογισμῷ ληπτός
1. κ. συλλαβή commonsyllable, capable of being long or short, D.T. 633.17 , Heph. 1.4 .
b. κ. ποιήματα, poems which are bothκατὰ στίχονandσυστηματικά, e.g. the Sapphic stanza, Id. pp.58,59 C.; also, poemsof ambiguous metrical form, Id. p.60 C.
; of nouns, A.D. Pron. 30.7 , al., EM 143.33 , 305.19 , etc.
4. ἀπὸ κοινοῦ λαμβάνειν, of two clauses taking a wordin common, A.D. Synt. 122.14 , al.;κοινὸνorἐκ κοινοῦ παραλαμβάνεσθαι, ib. 20 , 28 , al.
VII. of forbidden meats,common, profane, φαγεῖν κ. καὶ ἀκάθαρτον
, cf. Ep.Rom. 14.14 ; κ. χερσὶ ἐσθίειν
VIII. κοινόν,τό , name of aneye-salve, CIL 13.10021.3 , al.
B. Adv. κοινῶς in common, jointly, E. Ion 1462 ; τὰ κοινὰ κ. δεῖ φέρειν συμπτώματα
: Comp. ,ἐν Κρήτῃ -οτέρως [ἔχει τὰ τῶν συσσιτίων] Arist. Pol. 1272a16 .
2. publicly, κ. μᾶλλον ὠφέλησαν ἢ ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ἔβλαψαν
3. sociably, like other citizens, οὐδὲ κ. οὐδὲ πολιτικῶς ἐβίωσαν
; ἴσως καὶ κ. πρός τινα προσφέρεσθαι
;μετρίως καὶ κ.ὰσπάζεσθαι
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
5. in the common dialect, A.D. Pron. 82.27 , al.: Comp. -ότερον
6. in plain language, opp.σοφιστικῶς, Plu. 2.659f ;in the ordinaryorwide sense, opp.κυρίως, Them. in APo. 5.5 : Comp. , M.Ant. 2.10 .
SIG 56.11 (Argos,v B.C.); Boeot.
κυνῆib. 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
, 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.
2. publicly, καὶ κ. καὶ ἰδίᾳ
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 τ' ἐς κ. φράσω
, cf. Ar. Av. 457 (lyr.), Pl. Lg. 796e ; εἰς κ. γνώμην ἀποφαίνεσθαι
;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. 1.1 , 11.3 , VI. 4 .
3. ἀφεῖσαν ἐν κοινῷ ζητεῖν, Lat.rem in medio reliquerunt, Arist. Metaph. 987b14 ; butοἱ ἐν κ. γιγνόμενοι λόγοι,
= οἱ ἐξωτερικοὶ λόγοι , Id. de An. 407b29 .
4. κατὰ κοινόν, opp.κατ' ἰδίαν,jointly, in common, Lexap. D. 21.94 , Plb. 4.3.5 ; prob. for κατὰ κοινοῦ
References Hom. Hes. Op. 723 Ar. Ec. 610 Simon. 140 SIG 1044.29 Pi. N. 7.30 A. Pr. 795 613 Pl. R. 457d A. Fr. 389 Men. Mon. 356 E. Or. 735 Pl. Phdr. 279c Men. 9 Id. Epit. 67 100 S. Ph. 1145 Id. Tr. 207 X. Hier. 2.8 Men. 531.8 Id. 538.8 Id. 791 A. Ag. 523 Id. Th. 812 And. 3.19 Id. 1.147 Arist. Pol. 1289b14 1265b29 X. HG 7.1.32 Men. 611 Th. 5.90 Id. 5.37 Hdt. 1.141 170 D. 21.45 Pl. Lg. 872b 724b Arist. Rh. 1354b29 Isoc. 10.36 Hdt. 1.67 Ar. Ec. 208 Antipho 3.2.3 X. Cyr. 2.2.20 Hdt. 5.109 Isoc. 14.21 SIG 457.10 Plb. 20.6.1 Th. 4.78 Test.Epict. 1.22 SIG 1113 POxy. 53.2 54.12 Th. 1.90 2.12 Hdt. 3.156 Th. 5.37 Hdt. 5.85 8.135 Id. 9.87 Id. 7.144 Th. 6.6 17 Hdt. 9.87 Th. 1.80 Arist. Pol. 1283b41 D. 18.257 Aeschin. 1.165 Ar. Pl. 569 D. 8.23 X. HG 6.5.34 Arist. Pol. 1271b11 BMus.Inscr. 4.481 383 X. An. 4.7.27 5.1.12 Euphro 8.4 Antiph. 230 PGrenf. 1.21.19 Pl. Ax. 366b Arist. Rh. 1355a27 Id. EN 1118b1 Men. Sam. 27 Epit. 309 Hermog. Prog. 6 Aphth. Prog. 7 Plb. 2.62.2 6.5.2 Phld. Rh. 1.37 S. , 202 S. Id. Sign. 28 Longin. 40.2 D.H. Lys. 3 Id. Isoc. 2 Phld. Acad. Ind. p.53 D.T. p.14 D.S. 1.16 Theodos. Can. p.37 A.D. Conj. 223.24 Id. Adv. 155.10 Liddell–Scott–Jones — CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
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