STRONGS G2843:
κοινωνικός,
κοινωνικη,
κοινωνικον (
κοινωνία);
1. social, sociable, ready and apt to form and maintain communion and fellowship:
Plato, deff., p. 411 e.;
Aristotle, pol. 3,13 (p. 1283a, 38; eth. Eudem. 8, 10, p. 1242a, 26
κοινωνικον ἄνθρωπος ζοων);
Polybius 2, 44,1;
Antoninus 7, 52. 55; often in
Plutarch;
πράξεις κοινωνικαι, actions having reference to human society,
Antoninus 4, 33; 5, 1.
2. inclined to make others sharers in one's possessions, inclined to impart, free in giving, liberal (
Aristotle, rhet. 2, 24, 2 (where, however, see Cope);
Lucian, Tim. 56):
1 Timothy 6:18.
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