ἀκριβής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[exact]], [[accurate]], [[precise]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>367</span>, etc.; σημεῖον <span class="bibl">Th.1.10</span>; δίαιτα <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>1.4</span>; <b class="b3">τριταῖος</b> [[returning precisely]] at its time, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Epid.</span>1.24</span>; <b class="b3">γαλήνη</b> [[complete]] calm, <span class="bibl">Jul. <span class="title">Or.</span>1.25c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of persons, [[precise]], [[strict]], δικασταί <span class="bibl">Th.3.46</span>; ἐπίσκοποι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>762d</span>; δεινὸς καὶ ἀ. <span class="bibl">Lys.7.12</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. τοῖς ὄμμασι</b> <b class="b2">sharp-</b> sighted, <span class="bibl">Theoc.22.194</span>; of arguments, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>130</span>; ἀ. μουσική <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Supp.</span>906</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τὸ ἀ</b>., = [[ἀκρίβεια]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span>9</span>; τὸ πάνυ ἀ. <span class="bibl">Th.6.18</span>: freq.in Adv. <b class="b3">-βῶς</b> <b class="b2">to a nicety, precisely</b>, <b class="b3">ἀ. εἰδέναι, ἐπίστασθαι, καθορᾶν, μαθεῖν</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.32</span>, etc.; ἀ. οἶσθα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>330</span>; opp. <b class="b3">ἁπλῶς</b>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.46</span>; opp. <b class="b3">τύπῳ</b> ([[in outline]], [[roughly]]), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1104a2</span>: Comp. -έστερον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>436c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>18.26</span>: Sup. -έστατα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>484c</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. καὶ μόλις</b> [[with greatest difficulty]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alex.</span>16</span>:—also <b class="b3">οὐκ εἰς ἀκριβὲς ἦλθες</b> [[at the right moment]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>901</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[in the strict sense of the word]], ὁ ἀ. ἰατρός <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>342d</span>; <b class="b3">ὁτῷἀ. λόγῳ ἰατρός</b> ib.<span class="bibl">341c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">pure-bred, genuine</b>, Κόλχος <span class="bibl">Eun.<span class="title">Hist.</span>p.263D.</span> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> Astron., [[true]], opp. <b class="b3">φαινόμενος</b>, <span class="bibl">Procl. <span class="title">Hyp.</span>4.31</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[parsimonious]], [[stingy]], ἀ. τοὺς τρόπους <span class="bibl">Men.235</span>. Adv. -βῶς, διαιτᾶσθαι <span class="bibl">And.4.32</span>.—Rare exc. in Att., mostly Prose. (The sense points to <b class="b3">ἄκρος</b> as the first part of the word, but <b class="b3">-ῑβης</b> remains dub.)</span>