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κοινων-έω , fut. -ήσω Pl.R.54oc: pf.
A.“κεκοινώνηκα” Id.Phdr.246d, etc.:—Pass., fut. κοινωνήσομαι (v. infr.): pf. “κεκοινώνημαι” Id.Lg. 801e:—have or do in common with, share, take part in a thing with another, c. gen. rei et dat. pers., τῆς πολιτείας κ. τινί ib.753a; κ. πόνων καὶ κινδύνων ἀλλήλοις ib.686a, cf. X.HG2.4.21; κ. αὐτοῖς ὧν ἔπραττον ib.6.3.1; “σιτήσεώς τισι” Din.1.101: also in act. sense, give a share of . . , “βρωτοῦ μηδενὸς μηδένα τούτῳ κ.” D.25.61; τὰ περὶ τὰς κτήσεις τοῖς συσσιτίοις ὁ νομοθέτης ἐκοινώνησε (v.l. ἐκοίνωσε) Arist.Pol. 1264a1; “πυρὸς ἢ ὕδατος κ.” Luc.Alex.46; “πάντων ἐκοινώνει μοι τῶν ἀπορρήτων” Id.Philops.34.
2. κ. τινός have a share of, take part in a thing, “χθονός” A.Supp.325; “μύθου” Id.Ch.165; “κακῶν” Id.Th.1038; “γάμων” S. Tr.546; “τάφου” E.Or.1055; “τύχης” Id.Med.302; “σίτου καὶ ποτοῦ” X. Mem.2.6.22; “τῆς πολιτείας” Arist.Pol.1268a18, etc.; τῶν αὐτῶν κ. πάντων share all things in common, ib.1257a22; “ἱερῶν” SIG1106.7 (Cos, iv/iii B.C.); “θυσίας” Inscr.Magn.44.19 (Decr. Corc.); ἦθος παιδείας κεκοινωνηκός Aristeas 290; “φύσεως κεκοινώνηκε σαρκίνης” Phld.Sign. 27; πάθους, of infection, Gal.12.312.
b. of partnership in business, BGU969.13 (ii A.D.), etc.
3. κ. τινί go shares with, have dealings with a man, Ar.V.692, Av.653, Pl.R.343d, etc.; also of things, κοινωνεῖν μὲν ἡγοῦμαι καὶ τοῦτο τοῖς πεπολιτευμένοις I think that this also is concerned with my public measures, D.18.58; στολὴν φοινικίδα . . ἥκιστα . . γυναικείᾳ κ. has least in common with . . , X.Lac.11.3; “οὐδὲν τραγῳδίᾳ κ.” Arist.Po.1453b10, cf. SE179b16: Medic., sympathize, of bodily parts, Hp.Mul.1.38:—Pass., ἐγκώμια κεκοινωνημένα εὐχαῖς united with . . , Pl.Lg.801e.
4. with Preps., “φύσις ἡ θήλεια τῇ τοῦ ἄρρενος γένους κ. εἰς ἅπαντα” Id.R.453a; “κ. περί τινος” Plb.31.18.6.
5. c.acc.cogn., “κ. κοινωνίαν τινί” Pl.Lg.881e; “κ. ἴσα πάντα τοῖς ἀνδράσι” Id.R.540c: rarely c. acc. rei, κ. φόνον τινί commit murder in common with him, E.El.1048.
6. abs., share in an opinion, agree, “σκόπει . . , πότερον κοινωνεῖς καὶ ξυνδοκεῖ σοι” Pl.Cri.49d.
7. communicate, join, ἡ ἐρυθρὰ θάλασσα κ. πρὸς τὴν ἔξω . . Arist.Mete.354a2.
8. form a community, Id.Pol.1280a26, etc.
II. of sexual intercourse, κ. γυναικί, ἀνδρί, Pl.Lg.784e, Luc.DDeor.1.2, 10.2, PFlor.36.6 (iv A.D.):—Pass., “ὑπὸ μηδενός ποτε κοινωνήσεται εἰ μὴ ὑπὸ σοῦ μόνου” PMag.Osl.1.293.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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