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κτῆσις

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Gloss: a possession

Transliteration: ktēsis

Strong’s: G8111

1. acquisition , (Thucydides); κατ᾽ ἔργου κτῆσιν according to success in the work, (Sophocles Tragicus)
2. (from perfect) possession , (Sophocles Tragicus), etc.
3. as collective, = κτήματα, possessions, property , (Homer); in plural, (Herdotus Historicus), etc. (ML)
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