κτῆσις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, ([[κτάομαι]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[acquisition]] (opp. [[ἀπόλαυσις]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span> 1410a6</span>), κτῆσις τινὸς ποιεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.1.8</span>, <span class="bibl">13</span>; ἡ φιλοσοφία κ. ἐπιστήμης <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Euthd.</span>288d</span>; ῥᾳδίαν ἔχει &lt;τὴν&gt; κτῆσιν <span class="bibl">Alcid.<span class="title">Soph.</span>5</span>; <b class="b3">κατ' ἔργου κτῆσιν</b> according to [[success]] in the [[work]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>230</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> (from pf.) [[possession]], λέχους, [[πλούτος|πλούτου]], etc., ib.<span class="bibl">162</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>960</span>, etc.; κ. ἔχειν τῶν μετάλλων [[ἐργασία]]ς <span class="bibl">Th.4.105</span>; ἡ τῶν χρημάτων κ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>331b</span>; <b class="b3">διὰ τὴν τῶν υἱέων κτῆσιν</b> [[on account of]] your [[having]] [[son]]s, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ap.</span>20b</span>; ἱματίων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phd.</span>64d</span>; φέροντας… ἀγαθοῦ κτῆσιν οὐδενός <span class="bibl">D.18.308</span>; <b class="b3">κτῆσις ἐκ δεσπότου καὶ δούλου [συνέστηκεν]</b> <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1277a8</span>; [[hold]]ing, opp. [[χρῆσις]] ('[[using]]'), <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1098b32</span>; [[ownership]], opp. [[χρῆσις]] ('[[usufruct]]'), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>237 viii 35</span>, al.; τὰς κτήσεις βεβαίας εἶμεν <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).76.25 (Epid., ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> as collective, = [[κτήματα]], [[possession]]s, [[property]], διὰ κτῆσιν δατέοντο <span class="bibl">Il.5.158</span>; κ. ὄπασσεν <span class="bibl">Od.14.62</span>; πατρῴα κ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1290</span>; μετρίης κτήσιος ἐπιμέλεσθαι <span class="bibl">Democr.285</span>; ἡ ἰδία κ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>237 viii 32</span> (i A.D.): in plural, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.114</span>, etc.; ἀρετῆς βέβαιαι… αἱ κ. μόναι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>194</span>; esp. [[land]]s, [[farm]]s, <span class="bibl">D.H.8.19</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.14.29</span>, etc.: also in sg., [[farm]], [[estate]], PFlor. 155.6 (iii A.D.).</span>