ἀκρίβεια: Difference between revisions

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