κράτησις[ᾰ],εως,ἡ ,
A. might, power, dominion, LXX Wi. 6.3 , Man. ap. J. Ap. 1.26 .
2. ἡ Καίσαρος κ.(sc.Αἰγύπτου), an era in Egypt (viz. the capture of Alexandria, 30 B.C.), BGU 174
(i A.D.), PFay. 89.2
(i A.D.), etc.
3. accessionof an Emperor, BGU 362iv6 , al.(iii A.D.).
4. prevalence, predominance, ἡ τῆς ἀπλανοῦς κ.
Simp. in Cael. 475.30
, 476.5 .
II. possession, βίου κ.
BMus.Inscr. 918
(Halic.); κ. τοῦ ἐν ὕλῃ σκοτεινοῦ
Plot. 1.6.3
.
2. in Law,title to possession, Mitteis Chr. 31 iii 32
(ii B.C.); κ. καὶ κυρεία