ἐξακριβόω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[make exact]], [[precise]], or [[accurate]], <b class="b3">ἐ. λόγον</b> [[make a distinct]] or [[precise]] statement, S.''Tr.''426; τὸ τρανὸν τῆς κλήσεως J.''BJ''4.1.1; <b class="b3">ἐ. τι ἐπὶ πλεῖον</b> [[labour after]] too great [[exactness]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1102a25, cf. 1101b34; <b class="b3">ἕκαστα.. ἐξακριβοῦσιν οἱ μεθ' ἡδονῆς ἐνεργοῦντες</b> [[achieve]] each activity [[more completely]], ib.1175a31; <b class="b3">κατὰ μέρος ἐ.</b> [[work out]] in detail, Epicur. ''Ep.''1p.31U.:—Med., <b class="b3">ἐξακριβώσομαί σοι λόγῳ</b> [[shall describe]] it [[exactly]], Philostr. Jun.''Im.''10:—Pass., [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1180b11, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 9.16.6, Epicur.''Ep.''1p.4U.,al.<br><span class="bld">II</span> intr., [[speak accurately]], ὑπέρ τινος [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1096b30; περί τινος Plb.2.56.4, cf. Porph.''Abst.''1.39.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[observe the exact interval]], Arist.''HA''583a30.