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.).