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." | |
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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 poleis | Two 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 | |
| • Type | League |
| • Body | Koinon |
Koinon (Greek: Κοινόν, pl. Κοινά, Koina), meaning "common thing", in the sense of "public", had many applications, some societal, some governmental. An abstract noun formed from the neuter of the adjective, koinos, "common", the koinon could mean any sort of organization. It had more than one meaning in the governmental sense.