ἐπίκτητος

A. 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 one's 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.