ἀκριβόω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=fut. ἀκριβώσω,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[make exact]] or [[accurate]], E.''Hipp.''469; <b class="b3">ἀ. τάδε</b> to [[be perfect in]] bearing these hardships, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.3.13; [[arrange precisely]], Ar.''Ec.''274:—Pass., to [[be exact]] or [[perfect]], Ar.''Ra.''1483; ἠκριβῶσθαι πρὸς πᾶσαν ἀρετήν Arist.''Pol.''1279b1.—Later in Med., J.''AJ''17.2.2, Eust.1799.33, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[investigate accurately]], [[understand thoroughly]], οἱ τάδ' ἠκριβωκότες [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Hecuba|Hec.]]''1192, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.2.9; <b class="b3">τοὔνομά μου σὺ ἀκριβοῖς</b>; are you sure of..? Pl.''Chrm.''156a; [[inquire carefully of]], τὸν χρόνον ''Ev.Matt.''2.7:—Pass., Vett.Val.265.3.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[describe accurately]], τι Phld.''Lib.''p.47 O.<br><span class="bld">4</span> abs., to [[be exact]], ἡ φύσις οὐκ ἀκριβοῖ Arist.''GA''778a6; [ὁ ἄνθρωπος] κατὰ τὴν ἁφὴν διαφερόντως ἀκριβοῖ Id.''de An.''421a22; ἀ. περί τι ''GA''780b26.