A.gain or win besides, “φίλους” A.Eu.901; πατρίοισι νόμοισι “ἄλλον οὐδένα ἐπικτῶνται” Hdt.2.79; ἐ. ἀρχήν extend one's empire, Th.1.144; “ἐ. τὰ μὴ προσήκοντα” Id.4.61; τριήρεις κέκτησθε πολλὰς καὶ πάτριον ὑμῖν ἐστι ναυτικὸν ἐπικτᾶσθαι add to those you have, X.HG 7.1.3; τόνδ᾽ ἐ. σύμμαχον as an ally, A.Eu.671; ξυμμάρτυρας ὔμμ᾽ ἐ. S.Ant.846 (lyr.); acquire additional property, PGiss.108.3 (ii B.C.), etc.:—late in Pass., Agath.1.2, Just.Nov.123.4.
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