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|Definition=-ατος, τό, ([[κτάομαι]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[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 κτῆμα Pl.R.496c, etc.; of a [[slave]], παλαιὸν οἴκων κτῆμα E.Med.49, cf. Pl.Phd.62d, X.Oec.1.6, Vect.4.42; κτῆμα ἔμψυχον Arist.Pol.1253b32; of a calf, J.AJ6.14.3; κτῆμα πάντων ἐστὶ τιμιώτατον ἀνὴρ φίλος Hdt.5.24.<br><span class="bld">2</span> freq. in plural, [[possession]]s, in Hom. of [[heirloom]]s, 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 κτήματα]] = [[property]] in [[money]] and [[chattel]]s, Pl.Lg. 728e, cf. Isoc.1.28; = [[κτήνη]], Pl.Grg.484c, Phd.62b; opp. [[ἀγρός|ἀγροί]], [[personal]] (opp. [[real]]) [[property]], Is.5.43; less freq. of [[landed property]], κτήματα 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 κτῆμα [[vineyard]], PRyl.157.4 (ii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> in plural, [[material]]s, κτήματα πιλητά Gal.UP6.4, 7.22.