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κοινων-ικός , ή, όν,
A.held in common, τὰ κ. property held by corporations, D.14.16, cf. BCH50.16 (Delph., iv B.C., prob.); “κ. ἐλαιών” BGU1037.14(i A.D.), cf. PGiss.30.7 (ii A.D.).
b. relating to partnerships, [δίκαι] Arist. Ath.52.2.
c. κοινωνικά, τά, tax on corporations, PTeb.5.59 (ii B.C.), 100.10 (ii B.C.).
2. social, ἰσότης κοινωνική [ἡ δικαιοσύνη] Pl.Def. 411e; “κ. ἀρετή” Arist.Pol.1283a38; [φιλίαι] Id.EN1161b14.
3. sociable, “κ. καὶ φιλικὴ διάθεσις” Plb.2.44.1, cf. Plu.2.43d; “φύσει ἐσμὲν κ.” Epicur. Fr.525, cf. Arr.Epict.3.13.5: Sup., “τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἡ φύσις κατεσκεύασε -ώτατον” Ph.Fr.71 H.; τὸ -κόν sociability, J.BJ2.8.3.
b. of certain signs of the zodiac, Cat.Cod.Astr.1.166.
4. giving a share of, “τῶν ὄντων” Luc.Tim.56: abs., κ. ὁ Ἑρμῆς ready to share luck with others, prov. in Arist.Rh.1401a20; liberal, 1 Ep.Ti.6.18, Ptol.Tetr.69; opp. φθονερός, Gal.4.817.
5. c. dat., in communion with, “τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ” Just. Nov.8 Jusj.
II. Act., receptive, sharing in, “φωτός” Str.17.1.36.
III. Adv. -κῶς, χρῆσθαι τοῖς εὐτυχήμασι to suffer others to partake in one's good fortune, Plb.18.48.7; “κ. βιῶναι” D.S.5.9; “ζῆν κ. καὶ φιλικῶς” Plu. 2.1108c, etc.
2. Medic., by sympathy, κ. σπᾶσθαι prob. in Aët.3.140.
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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