κτῆσις, εως, ἡ,
(κτάομαι) acquisition (opposed to ἀπόλαυσις, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1410a6), κ. τινὸς ποιεῖσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.8, 13; ἡ φιλοσοφία κ. ἐπιστήμης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 288d; ῥᾳδίαν ἔχει <τὴν> κτῆσιν 4th c.BC: Alcidamas Rhetor “περὶ σοφιστῶν” 5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ἔργου κτῆσιν according to success in the work, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 230. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II (from perfect) possession, λέχους, πλούτου, etc.,[[ [prev. work] 162, “El.” 960, etc.; κ. ἔχειν τῶν μετάλλων ἐργασίας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.105; ἡ τῶν χρημάτων κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 331b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; διὰ τὴν τῶν υἱέων κ. on account of your having sons, [[ [prev. author] “Ap.” 20b; ἱματίων [prev. author] “Phd.” 64d; φέροντας.. ἀγαθοῦ κτῆσιν οὐδενός 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.308 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. ἐκ δεσπότου καὶ δούλου [συνέστηκεν] [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1277a8 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; holding, opposed to χρῆσις ('using'), [[ [prev. author] “EN” 1098b32 ] Refs]; ownership, opposed to χρῆσις ('usufruct'), [[ “POxy.” 237 viii 35, +others; τὰς κτήσεις βεβαίας εἶμεν “IG” 42(1).76.25 (Epid., 2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II.2 as collective, ={κτήματα}, possessions, property, διὰ κτῆσιν δατέοντο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.158; κ. ὄπασσεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.62; πατρῴα κ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1290; μετρίης κτήσιος ἐπιμέλεσθαι 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 285; ἡ ἰδία κ. “POxy.” 237 viii 32 (1st c.AD): in _plural_, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.114, etc.; ἀρετῆς βέβαιαι.. αἱ κ. μόναι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 194 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially lands, farms, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 8.19, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.29, etc.] Refs 1st c.BC+]: also in singular, farm, estate, [[ PFlor. 155.6 (3rd c.AD). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]