κτῆμα

English (LSJ)

ατος, τό, (κτάομαι)

   A anything gotten, piece of property, possession, sg. once in Hom., μή νύ τι . . δόμων ἐκ κτῆμα φέρηται Od.15.19; later ταύτας [γυναῖκας] ἐξείλεθ' αὑτῷ κ. S.Tr.245; ἡδὺ κ. τῆς νίκης λαβεῖν Id.Ph.81, cf. OT549, Ant.702, E.Or.230, 703, etc.; κ. ἐς αἰεί Th.1.22; ὡς ἡδὺ καὶ μακάριον τὸ κ. Pl.R.496c, etc.; of a slave, παλαιὸν οἴκων κ. E.Med.49, cf. Pl.Phd.62d, X.Oec.1.6, Vect.4.42; κ. ἔμψυχον Arist.Pol.1253b32; of a calf, J.AJ6.14.3; κ. πάντων ἐστὶ τιμιώτατον ἀνὴρ φίλος Hdt.5.24.    2 freq. in pl., possessions, in Hom. of heirlooms, δόμοις ἐν κτήματα κεῖται Il.9.382, Od.4.127; also, of all kinds of property, freq. in Od., κ. δαρδάπτουσιν 14.92, cf. 18.144, al.; διέλαχον . . κτημάτων παμπησίαν A.Th.817, etc.; Ἔοως ὃς ἐν κτήμασι πίπτεις who fallest upon wealth, i.e. on the wealthy, S.Ant.782 codd. (lyr.): sts., χρήματα καὶ κ. property in money and chattels, Pl.Lg. 728e, cf. Isoc.1.28; = κτήνη, Pl.Grg.484c, Phd.62b; opp. ἀγροί, personal (opp. real) property, Is.5.43; less freq. of landed property, κ. ἔχων ἐν Βοιωτίᾳ D.18.41 (sg. as v.l.), Hdn.2.6.3: later freq. in sg., estate, farm, field, etc., Act.Ap.5.1, BGU530.21 (i A.D.), etc.; ἀμπελικὸν κ. vineyard, PRyl.157.4 (ii A.D.).    3 in pl., materials, κ. πιλητά Gal.UP6.4, 7.22.