ἀκριβής

English (LSJ)

ές,

   A exact, accurate, precise, E.El.367, etc.; σημεῖον Th.1.10; δίαιτα Hp.Aph.1.4; τριταῖος returning precisely at its time, Id.Epid.1.24; γαλήνη complete calm, Jul. Or.1.25c.    II of persons, precise, strict, δικασταί Th.3.46; ἐπίσκοποι Pl.Lg.762d; δεινὸς καὶ ἀ. Lys.7.12; ἀ. τοῖς ὄμμασι sharp- sighted, Theoc.22.194; of arguments, Ar.Nu.130; ἀ. μουσική E. Supp.906, etc.; τὸ ἀ., = ἀκρίβεια, Hp.VM9; τὸ πάνυ ἀ. Th.6.18: freq.in Adv. -βῶς to a nicety, precisely, ἀ. εἰδέναι, ἐπίστασθαι, καθορᾶν, μαθεῖν, etc., Hdt.7.32, etc.; ἀ. οἶσθα A.Pr.330; opp. ἁπλῶς, Isoc.5.46; opp. τύπῳ (in outline, roughly), Arist.EN1104a2: Comp. -έστερον Pl.R.436c, Act.Ap.18.26: Sup. -έστατα Pl.R.484c; ἀ. καὶ μόλις with greatest difficulty, Plu.Alex.16:—also οὐκ εἰς ἀκριβὲς ἦλθες at the right moment, E.Tr.901.    2 in the strict sense of the word, ὁ ἀ. ἰατρός Pl.R.342d; ὁτῷἀ. λόγῳ ἰατρός ib.341c.    b pure-bred, genuine, Κόλχος Eun.Hist.p.263D.    c Astron., true, opp. φαινόμενος, Procl. Hyp.4.31.    3 parsimonious, stingy, ἀ. τοὺς τρόπους Men.235. Adv. -βῶς, διαιτᾶσθαι And.4.32.—Rare exc. in Att., mostly Prose. (The sense points to ἄκρος as the first part of the word, but -ῑβης remains dub.)