κέκτημαι

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kék.tɛː.mai̯/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛk.te.mɛ/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkek.ti.mɛ/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcek.ti.me/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈcek.ti.me/

Verb

κέκτημαι • (kéktēmai)

first-person singular perfect mediopassive indicative of κτάομαι (ktáomai, “to get, acquire, obtain”)

Usage notes

This 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”)

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