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)