κτῆσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

κτάομαι (ktáomai) +‎ -σις (-sis)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ktɛ̂ː.sis/ → /ˈkti.sis/ → /ˈkti.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ktɛ̂ː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkte̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkti.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkti.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkti.sis/

Noun

κτῆσῐς • (ktêsis) f (genitive κτήσεως); third declension

1. possession (ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own)
2. property

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κτῆσῐς; τῆς κτήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ κτῆσῐς hē ktêsis
Genitive	τῆς κτήσεως tês ktḗseōs
Dative	τῇ κτήσει têi ktḗsei
Accusative	τὴν κτῆσῐν tḕn ktêsin
Vocative	κτῆσῐ ktêsi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of κτῆσῐς; κτήσιος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	κτῆσῐς ktêsis
Genitive	κτήσιος ktḗsios
Dative	κτήσει / κτήσεῐ̈ ktḗsei / ktḗseï
Accusative	κτῆσῐν ktêsin
Vocative	κτῆσῐ ktêsi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “κτῆσις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κτῆσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κτῆσις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κτῆσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • achievement idem, page 8.
  • acquirement idem, page 9.
  • attainment idem, page 50.
  • gain idem, page 352.
  • possession idem, page 628.
  • proprietorship idem, page 653.