ἐπίκτητος

ἐπί-κτητος, ον,

• gained besides or in addition, ἐ. γῆ acquired land, which was formerly under water, as the Delta of Egypt, Hdt. 2.5, cf. 10; property added to oneʼs hereditary property, Pl. Lg. 924a, cf. Lycurg. 48; ἐ. γυνή a foreign wife (like ἐπακτός), or newly acquired, Hdt. 3.3; ἐ. φίλοι newly acquired friends, opp. ἀρχαῖοι, X. Ages. 1.36; ἐ. δόξα, opp. ἔμφυτος ἐπιθυμία, acquired perception, Pl. Phdr. 237d; τὰ ἐ., opp. τὰ φύσει ὄντα, Id. R. 618d; opp. σύμφυτα, Arist. GA 721b30; τὸ αὐτοφυὲς τοῦ ἐ. αἱρετώτερον Id. Rh. 1365a29; γίνεται . . ἐξ ἐπικτήτου, of an acquired deformity, Paul.Aeg. 6.29; τὰ ἐ. property acquired after a certain date, Edict.Aug. in Notiz.Arch. 4.21, PGnom. 126 (ii A.D.). Adv. -τως Prisc.Lyd. 21.15.

ἐπίκτητος, (ἐπικτάομαι), dazu erworben ; φίλοι, Ggstz ἀρχαῖος, Xen. Ages. 1.36 ; ἡ ἐπ. sc. οὐσία, Plat. Legg. XI.924a ; ἡ ἐπ. ἀπʼ Αἰγύπτου γυνή, die von Aegypten mitgebrachte, Her. 3.3 ; γῆ, durch die Anschwemmungen des Nil gewonnen, 2.5, 10. – Dah. angenommen, angeeignet, fremd, δόξα, im Ggstz der ἔμφυτος ἐπιθυμία, Plat. Phaedr. 237d, wie τῶν φύσει περὶ ψυχὴν ὄντων καὶ τῶν ἐπικτήτων Rep. X.618d ; μαντική, der ἔμφυτος entgegengesetzt, Dion.Hal. 3.70. Vgl. noch Jacobs zur Anth. Pal. p. 94, u. ἐπίθετος, ἐπακτός.

ἐπίκτητος ἐπί-κτητος, ον

• gained besides or in addition, newly acquired, Hdt., Attic; ἐπ. γῆ, of the Delta of Egypt, Hdt.