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Koinon

Koinon
κοινόν συμμαχῶν (koinon symmachon, "League of the Allies", where the name of the league appears in the genitive case in place of "allies."
A coin of the Cypriot League. The name, Koinon Kypriōn, is embossed around the upper perimeter.
A coin of the Cypriot League. The name, Koinon Kypriōn, is embossed around the upper perimeter.
Etymology: "common thing" for koinon, "co-combatantship" for symmachia.
Combined territory of the constituent poleisTwo words, koinon followed by the genitive of a key word, such as the ethnic, the name of the place of creation, or the name of the chief state.
Government
 • TypeLeague
 • BodyKoinon

Koinon (Greek: Κοινόν, pl. Κοινά, Koina), meaning "common thing", in the sense of "public", had many applications, some societal, some governmental.[1] An abstract noun formed from the neuter of the adjective, koinos, "common", the koinon could mean any sort of organization.[2][a] It had more than one meaning in the governmental sense.

  1. ^ Liddell; Scott. "κοινός". A Greek-English Lexicon. Perseus Digital Library.
  2. ^ Corsten, Thomas (2013). "Koinon". The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (First ed.). Blackwell Publishing Ltd. pp. 3798–3799.


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