κοινωνία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κοινωνός (koinōnós, “companion, partner”) (from κοινός (koinós, “common, shared”)) + -ίᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koi̯.nɔː.ní.aː/ → /cy.noˈni.a/ → /ci.noˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /koi̯.nɔː.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ky.noˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cy.noˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cy.noˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ci.noˈni.a/

Noun

κοινωνίᾱ • (koinōníā) f (genitive κοινωνίᾱς); first declension

1. communion, association, partnership, fellowship
2. common gift, contribution, alms

Declension

First declension of ἡ κοινωνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς κοινωνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κοινωνῐ́ᾱ hē koinōníā	τὼ κοινωνῐ́ᾱ tṑ koinōníā	αἱ κοινωνῐ́αι hai koinōníai
Genitive	τῆς κοινωνῐ́ᾱς tês koinōníās	τοῖν κοινωνῐ́αιν toîn koinōníain	τῶν κοινωνῐῶν tôn koinōniôn
Dative	τῇ κοινωνῐ́ᾳ têi koinōníāi	τοῖν κοινωνῐ́αιν toîn koinōníain	ταῖς κοινωνῐ́αις taîs koinōníais
Accusative	τὴν κοινωνῐ́ᾱν tḕn koinōníān	τὼ κοινωνῐ́ᾱ tṑ koinōníā	τᾱ̀ς κοινωνῐ́ᾱς tā̀s koinōníās
Vocative	κοινωνῐ́ᾱ koinōníā	κοινωνῐ́ᾱ koinōníā	κοινωνῐ́αι koinōníai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Quotations

• 53 CE – 55 CE, Paul the Apostle, First Epistle to the Corinthians 1:9:

  πιστὸς ὁ Θεός, δι’ οὗ ἐκλήθητε εἰς κοινωνίαν τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν.

  pistòs ho Theós, di’ hoû eklḗthēte eis koinōnían toû huioû autoû Iēsoû Khristoû toû Kuríou hēmôn.

  • Translation by KJV

    God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

• 53 CE – 55 CE, Paul the Apostle, First Epistle to the Corinthians 10:16:

  τὸ ποτήριον τῆς εὐλογίας ὃ εὐλογοῦμεν, οὐχὶ κοινωνία τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐστί; τὸν ἄρτον ὃν κλῶμεν, οὐχὶ κοινωνία τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐστίν;

  tò potḗrion tês eulogías hò eulogoûmen, oukhì koinōnía toû haímatos toû Khristoû estí? tòn árton hòn klômen, oukhì koinōnía toû sṓmatos toû Khristoû estín?

  • Translation by KJV

    The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

Descendants

• Greek: κοινωνία (koinonía)
• → English: koinonia
• → Indonesian: persekutuan (semantic loan)

Further reading

• κοινωνία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “κοινωνία”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “κοινωνία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G2842 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • affinity idem, page 16.
  • association idem, page 47.
  • brotherhood idem, page 101.
  • co-operation idem, page 140.
  • coalition idem, page 140.
  • collaboration idem, page 142.
  • communication idem, page 149.
  • communion idem, page 149.
  • community idem, page 149.
  • companionship idem, page 149.
  • company idem, page 150.
  • connection idem, page 161.
  • contact idem, page 166.
  • converse idem, page 173.
  • dealings idem, page 198.
  • fellow idem, page 314.
  • fraternity idem, page 343.
  • guild idem, page 378.
  • intercommunity idem, page 449.
  • intercourse idem, page 449.
  • participation idem, page 594.
  • partnership idem, page 595.
  • relation idem, page 689.
  • share idem, page 762.
  • social idem, page 790.
  • society idem, page 791.
  • talk idem, page 854.
  • union idem, page 922.

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κοινωνίᾱ (koinōníā), from κοινωνός (koinōnós) +‎ -ία (-ía), from κοινός (koinós, “common, shared, public”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.noˈni.a/
• Hyphenation: κοι‧νω‧νί‧α

Noun

κοινωνία • (koinonía) f (plural κοινωνίες)

1. community

   σοσιαλιστική κοινωνία ― sosialistikí koinonía ― socialist community

   κλειστή κοινωνία ― kleistí koinonía ― closed community

2. society, communion (a group of people with a shared culture)

   η κοινωνία της αφθονίας ― i koinonía tis afthonías ― the affluent society

3. (Christianity) communion

   Θεία Κοινωνία ― Theía Koinonía ― Holy Communion

Declension

Declension of κοινωνία

	singular	plural
nominative	κοινωνία •	κοινωνίες •
genitive	κοινωνίας •	κοινωνιών •
accusative	κοινωνία •	κοινωνίες •
vocative	κοινωνία •	κοινωνίες •

Derived terms

• Θεία Κοινωνία (Theía Koinonía, “Holy Communion”)

Related terms

• κοινωνώ (koinonó, “to take communion, to give communion”)
• κοινωνιολογία (koinoniología, “sociology”)

Further reading

• κοινωνία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• κοινωνία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
• G2842 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible