acquire
From LSJ
ὁ γοῦν κυνικὸς Μένιππος ἁλμοπότιν τὴν Μύνδον φησίν (Athenaios 1.34e) → At any rate the Cynic (satirist) Menippus says that Myndus is a brine-drinking town.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
win for oneself: P. and V. κτᾶσθαι, φέρεσθαι, κομίζεσθαι, εὑρίσκεσθαι, ἐκφέρεσθαι, Ar. and V. φέρω, φέρειν (also Plato but rare P.), εὑρίσκειν, V. ἄρνυσθαι; (also Plato but rare P.), ἀνύτεσθαι.
obtain: P. and V. κτᾶσθαι, κατακτᾶσθαι, λαμβάνω, λαμβάνειν, P. περιποιεῖσθαι.
acquire by labour: V. ἐκπονεῖν, ἐκμοχθεῖν.
acquire in addition: P. and V. ἐπικτᾶσθαι, P. προσκτᾶσθαι.
help to acquire: P. συγκτᾶσθαι (τί, τινι), συγκατακτᾶσθαι (τί, τινι).
