Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

κτητικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κτητικός κτητική κτητικόν

Structure: κτητικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kta/omai

Sense

  1. acquisitive, the art of getting property

Examples

  • σώφρονεσ δ’ εἰσὶν οἱ Ναβαταῖοι καὶ κτητικοί, ὥστε καὶ δημοσίᾳ τῷ μὲν μειώσαντι τὴν οὐσίαν ζημία κεῖται, τῷ δ’ αὐξήσαντι τιμαί. (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 4 51:1)

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

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