κέκτημαι
Ancient Greek
editPronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kék.tɛː.mai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkek.te̝.mɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcek.ti.mɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcek.ti.me/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈcek.ti.me/
Verb
editκέκτημαι • (kéktēmai)
- first-person singular perfect mediopassive indicative of κτάομαι (ktáomai, “to get, acquire, obtain”)
Usage notes
editThis perfect-tense form can be used to express a present-tense stative meaning ‘to have, own, possess’; compare English I have got (“I have in my possession”)