A.gained besides or in addition, ἐ. γῆ acquired land, which was formerly under water, as the Delta of Egypt, Hdt.2.5, cf. 10; property added to one's hereditary property, Pl.Lg.924a, cf. Lycurg.48; ἐ. γυνή a foreign wife (like ἐπακτός), or newly acquired, Hdt.3.3; ἐ. φίλοι newly acquired friends, opp. ἀρχαῖοι, X.Ages.1.36; ἐ. δόξα, opp. ἔμφυτος ἐπιθυμία, acquired perception, Pl.Phdr.237d; τὰ ἐ., opp. τὰ φύσει ὄντα, Id.R.618d; opp. σύμφυτα, Arist.GA721b30; “τὸ αὐτοφυὲς τοῦ ἐ. αἱρετώτερον” Id.Rh.1365a29; γίνεται . . ἐξ ἐπικτήτου, of an acquired deformity, Paul. Aeg.6.29; τὰ ἐ. property acquired after a certain date, Edict.Aug. in Notiz.Arch.4.21, PGnom.126 (ii A.D.). Adv. “-τως” Prisc.Lyd.21.15.
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