A.communion, association, partnership, “κ. μαλθακά” Pi.P.1.97; “οὔτε φιλία ἰδιώταις οὔτε κ. πόλεσιν” Th.3.10; “ὅτῳ δὲ μὴ ἔνι κ., φιλία οὐκ ἂν εἴη” Pl.Grg.507e; “ἐν ταῖς κ. τε καὶ ὁμιλίαις” Id.Lg.861e, cf. Smp.182c; ἡ περὶ . . ἀνθρώπους πρὸς ἀλλήλους κ. ib.188c; “ἐν διαλύσει τῆς κ.” Id.R.343d; ἡ τῶν γυναικῶν κ. τοῖς ἀνδράσι, viz. co-education, ib.466c; ἀνθρωπίνη κ. human society, Id.Plt.276b; “ἡ κ. ἡ πολιτική” Arist.Pol.1252a7; αὕτη ἡ κ., of marriage, ib.1334b33; πόλις ἡ γενῶν καὶ κωμῶν κ. ib.1281a1; fellowship, Act. Ap.2.42, al.; “ἡ πρὸς τὸν Δία κ.” Arr.Epict.2.19.27.
b. joint-ownership, PLond.2.311.2 (ii A.D.), etc.
2. c. gen. objecti, “λυγραὶ . . τῶν ὅπλων κ.” E.HF1377; “γάμων” Pl.Lg.721a; “γυναικῶν” Id.R.461e; ἡ ἡδονῆς τε καὶ λύπης κ. συνδεῖ ib.462b; “τῶν πόνων” Id.Ti.87e; “βοηθείας καὶ φιλίας” D.9.28; βίου, of marriage, BGU1051.9 (Aug.); “ἡ κ. τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος” 2 Ep.Cor.13.14 (later, of Holy Communion, Just. Nov.7.11); “κ. τῶν ἱερῶν” Supp.Epigr.4.247 (Panamara); τίς θαλάσσης βουκόλοις κ.; what have herdsmen to do with the sea? E.IT254; τίς δαὶ κατόπτρου καὶ ξίφους κ.; Ar.Th.140; “λύπη μανίας κοινωνίαν ἔχει τινά” Alex.296; opp. ἀκοινωνησία, Dam.Pr.423.
2. charitable disposition, opp. πλεονεξία, Corp.Herm.13.9.
IV. Pythag. name for 2, Theol.Ar.8.