Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κτητέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κτητέος κτητέᾱ κτητέον

Structure: κτητε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kta/omai의 분사형,

Sense

  1. to be gotten
  2. one must get

Examples

  • αὐτῷ ἄρα σοὶ πρῶτον κτητέον ἀρετήν, καὶ ἄλλῳ ὃσ μέλλει μὴ ἰδίᾳ μόνον αὑτοῦ τε καὶ τῶν αὑτοῦ ἄρξειν καὶ ἐπιμελήσεσθαι, ἀλλὰ πόλεωσ καὶ τῶν τῆσ πόλεωσ. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 191:4)
  • ὧν ἕνεκά φαμεν τὸ νόμισμα κτητέον αὐτοῖσ μὲν ἔντιμον, τοῖσ δὲ ἄλλοισ ἀνθρώποισ ἀδόκιμον· (Plato, Laws, book 5 111:1)
  • καὶ δὴ καὶ ἃ τὸ πρῶτον ἐλέγομεν οὐκέτι τἀναγκαῖα θετέον, οἰκίασ τε καὶ ἱμάτια καὶ ὑποδήματα, ἀλλὰ τήν τε ζωγραφίαν κινητέον καὶ τὴν ποικιλίαν, καὶ χρυσὸν καὶ ἐλέφαντα καὶ πάντα τὰ τοιαῦτα κτητέον. (Plato, Republic, book 2 215:2)

Synonyms

  1. to be gotten

  2. one must get

Similar forms

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

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