κοινόω

koinoo

communicate, impart

Appears 10 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 5
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Book II 1
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673d4
Book IV 1
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720d3
Book X 1
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889d5
Book XI 1
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930c5
Book XII 1
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952b9
Laches 1
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196c10
Menexenus 1
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244c1
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57d8
Symposium 1
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218e4
Timaeus 1
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59b3

Dictionary (LSJ)

κοινόω, fut. κοινώσω A. Ch. 673: aor. ἐκοίνωσα Th. 8.48, Pl. Lg. 889d; Dor. ἐκοίνᾱσα Pi. P. 4.115:—Med., fut. κοινώσομαι Id. N. 3.12 codd. (leg. -άσομαι (Dor.)), E. Med. 499: aor. ἐκοινωσάμην A. Ag. 1347, Is. 11.50, etc.:—Pass., aor. ἐκοινώθην E. Andr. 38, Pl. Ti. 59b: pf. κεκοίνωμαι (in med. sense) E. Fr. 493:—A. communicate, impart information, κ. τινί τι A. Ch. 717 (in 673 an acc. must be supplied), E. Med. 685, Ar. Nu. 197, Th. 4.4, etc.; μῦθον ἔς τινας E. IA 44 (anap.); κ. τινὶ περί τινος A. Supp. 369; νυκτὶ κοινάσαντες ὁδόν having imparted their journey to night alone (i.e. travelling by night without consulting any one), Pi. P.l.c. 2. make common, share, κοινώσαντας τὴν δύναμιν κοινὰ καὶ τὰ ἀποβαίνοντα ἔχειν Th. 1.39, cf. Pl. Lg.l.c.; v.l. for ἐκοινώνησε in Arist. Pol. 1264a1:—in Med., κοινάσομαι [ὕμνον] λύρᾳ Pi. N.l.c.: aor. Med. in act. sense, Hp. Jusj.; κ. τὴν οὐσίαν τῇ τοῦ παιδός unite one to the other, Is.l.c. 3. make common, defile, τὸν ἄνθρωπον Ev.Matt. 15.11; γαστέρα μιαροφαγίᾳ LXX 4 Ma. 7.6:— Med., deem profane, Act.Ap. 10.15. II. Med., c. acc., undertake together, make common cause in, βουλεύματα A. Ag. 1347; κοινούμεθα . . ἐγώ τε καὶ Λάχης τὸν λόγον Pl. La. 196c; τὸ πρᾶγμα D. 32.30; κοινουμένη τὰς ξυμφοράς σοι E. Ion 608, cf. 858; κοινοῦσθαι τὸν στόλον Th. 8.8; τὴν τύχην X. Vect. 4.32. 2. take counsel with, consult, esp. an oracle or god, X. An. 6.2.15, v.l. in HG 7.1.27: generally, πρός τινας Pl. Lg. 930c; περὶ πάντων ἑαυτοῖς Plb. 7.16.3; τοῖς ἰατροῖς περί τινων Gal. Consuet. 5; τοῖς φίλοις περὶ τὸ πρακτέον Hdn. 7.8.1; ὧν ἄν τις κοινώσαιτο δόξαις agree with, Arist. Metaph. 993b12: abs., οὔτʼ ἠθέλησας οὔτʼ ἐγὼ ʼκοινωσάμην S. Ant. 539; simply, communicate, τὰ κατʼ ἐμὲ τῇ βουλῇ Alciphr. 3.72; μηδὲν τῇ γυναικὶ χρήσιμον Men. Mon. 361. 3. c.gen., to be partner or partaker, τινος of a thing, E. Ph. 1709, Cyc. 634, Lys. 12.93, etc.; τινί τινος with one in . . , E. Andr. 933. 4. come to terms, μοι Pl. Smp. 218e. III. Pass., have communication with, λέχει E. Andr. 38, cf. 217: metaph., ἀλλήλοις Pl. Lg. 673d; ξανθῷ χρώματι -ωθέν, i.e. tinged with yellow, Id. Ti. 59b.

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