Ancient Greek

Adjective

κοινός • ‎(koinós) m ‎(feminine κοινή, neuter κοινόν); first/second declension

1. common
2. public, general

Inflection

Derived terms

• κοινόω ‎(koinóō)
• κοινωνία ‎(koinōnía)

References

• κοινός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κοινός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «κοινός» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κοινός in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G2839”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • affable idem, page 15.
  • bland idem, page 81.
  • colloquial idem, page 143.
  • common idem, page 148.
  • concerted idem, page 155.
  • condescendlng idem, page 157.
  • corporate idem, page 174.
  • courteous idem, page 179.
  • disinterested idem, page 234.
  • fair idem, page 302.
  • familiar idem, page 305.
  • general idem, page 355.
  • genial idem, page 356.
  • impartial idem, page 419.
  • international idem, page 452.
  • joint idem, page 463.
  • mutual idem, page 548.
  • national idem, page 551.
  • neutral idem, page 556.
  • open idem, page 574.
  • polite idem, page 625.
  • popular idem, page 626.
  • public idem, page 655.
  • sociable idem, page 790.
  • state idem, page 812.
  • suave idem, page 830.
  • sweeping idem, page 847.
  • unbiassed idem, page 908.
  • universal idem, page 923.
  • unprejudiced idem, page 927.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κοινός ‎(koinós), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‎(“with”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ciˈnos/
• Hyphenation: κοι‧νός

Adjective

κοινός • ‎(koinós) m ‎(feminine κοινή, neuter κοινό)

1. common, mutual, shared, joint

   κοινή πεποίθηση‎ ― koiní pepoíthisi ― common belief

   κοινό συμφέρον‎ ― koinó symféron ― mutual interest

2. common, commonplace, ordinary

   ο κοινός άνθρωπος‎ ― o koinós ánthropos ― the common man

3. public

   κοινή γνώμη‎ ― koiní gnómi ― public opinion

   κοινή ωφέλεια‎ ― koiní oféleia ― public utility

Declension

Related terms

• κοινόν n ‎(koinón, “conferederation”)