Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κτήσιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κτήσιος κτήσιᾱ κτήσιον

Structure: κτησι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kta/omai

Sense

  1. belonging to property, property, of one's own flock
  2. belonging to one's house, the protector of property, of

Examples

  • προσφιλέστατοσ παρὰ Κτησίᾳ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 40 2:1)
  • τὰσ μὲν οὖν καθ’ ἕκαστα μάχασ ἢ τὸν ἀριθμὸν ἁπάντων τῶν καταπολεμηθέντων οὐδεὶσ τῶν συγγραφέων ἀνέγραψε, τὰ δ’ ἐπισημότατα τῶν ἐθνῶν ἀκολούθωσ Κτησίᾳ τῷ Κνιδίῳ πειρασόμεθα συντόμωσ ἐπιδραμεῖν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 2, chapter 2 2:1)
  • ῥᾷον δ’ ἄν τισ Ἡσιόδῳ καὶ Ὁμήρῳ πιστεύσειεν ἡρωολογοῦσι καὶ τοῖσ τραγικοῖσ ποιηταῖσ ἢ Κτησίᾳ τε καὶ Ἡροδότῳ καὶ Ἑλλανίκῳ καὶ ἄλλοισ τοιούτοισ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 11, chapter 6 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. belonging to property

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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