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|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">exactness, precision</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span> 12</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.22</span>, etc.; τῶν πραχθέντων <span class="bibl">Antipho 4.3.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Lys.17.6</span>:— freq. with Preps. in adv. sense, <b class="b3">δι' ἀκριβείας</b> <b class="b2">with minuteness</b> or <b class="b2">precision</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>184c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ti.</span>23d</span>, etc.; διὰ πάσης ἀ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>876c</span>; εἰς τὴν ἀ. φιλοσοφεῖν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Grg.</span>487c</span>; εἰς ἀ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1331a2</span>; πρὸς τὴν ἀ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>769d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Resp.</span>478b1</span>:—<b class="b3">ἡ ἀ. τοῦ ναυτικοῦ</b> its <b class="b2">efficiency, rigid discipline</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.7.13</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. νόμων</b> <b class="b2">strictness, severity</b>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.7.40</span>; <b class="b3">περὶ τὸ διάφορον</b> <b class="b2">strictness</b> in money matters <span class="bibl">Plb. 31</span> <span class="bibl">27.11</span>: pl., <b class="b2">niceties</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>504e</span>, <span class="bibl">Is. 7.16</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">parsimony, frugality</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Per.</span>16</span>; <b class="b3">ὕδωρ δι' ἀκριβείας ἐστί τινι</b> is <b class="b2">scarce</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>844b</span>.</span>