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κτη-τός , ή, όν, (κτάομαι)
A.that may be gotten or acquired, “ληϊστοὶ μὲν . . βόες . . , κτητοὶ δὲ τρίποδες” Il.9.407, cf. E.Hipp.1295 (anap.), Pl.Prt.324a, al.
2. worth getting, desirable, Id.Smp.197d, Hp.Mi.374e.
II. acquired, gained, Id.Lg.841e; κτητή female slave, opp. γαμετή, Hes.Op.406; “κ. μέρος οἰκίας” PLond.3.1164 (f).11 (iii A.D.).
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Euripides, Hippolytus, 1295
    • Hesiod, Works and Days, 406
    • Homer, Iliad, 9.407
    • Plato, Laws, 841e
    • Plato, Symposium, 197d
    • Plato, Protagoras, 324a
    • Plato, Lesser Hippias, 374e
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