ἔγκτησις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. [[ἔγκτασις]], εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[tenure]] of [[land]] in a [[country]] or [[district]] by a person not [[belong]]ing to it, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.2.19</span> (pl.); the [[right]] of [[holding]] such [[property]], freq. granted as a [[privilege]] or [[reward]] to [[foreigner]]s, <b class="b3">ἔγκτασιν γᾶς καὶ οἰκιᾶν</b> Decr.Byz. ap. <span class="bibl">D.18.91</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>5(1).4.12 (Sparta), etc.; <b class="b3">εἶναι δὲ αὐτῷ οἰκίας ἔγκτησιν</b> ib.22.53. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[estate]], [[property]], <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Le.</span>25.13</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">βιβλιοθήκη ἐγκτήσεων</b> [[register]] of [[property|properties]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>76</span> (ii A. D.), etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[acquisition of territory]], <span class="bibl">Plb.28.20.8</span> (prob. l.).</span>