strict, precise, exact,
ἀτρεκ-ής,ές,
A. strict, precise, exact, ἀλάθεια, καιρός,
Pi. N. 5.17 , P. 8.7 ; ἀριθμός
Hdt. 7.187
; δίαιτα
Hp. Mochl. 42
; βιότου ἀ. ἐπιτηδεύσεις over-nice, precise,
E. Hipp. 261
;τὸ ἀ.,
= ἀτρέκεια, φράσαι, εἰπεῖν τὸ ἀ. , Hdt. 5.9 , 7.60 ; τὸ -έστερον τούτων more precise details,
Id. 5.54
; τὸ -έστατον
Id. 7.214
; ἐγγὺς τοῦ -εστάτου ἥκειν
Hp. VM 12
; rarely of persons,exact, strict,
Ἑλλανοδίκας
Pi. O. 3.12
.
2. sure, certain,
ποδὶ ἀτρεκέϊ
Id. N. 3.41
; ἀ. δόξα
E. Hipp. 1115
(lyr.).
II.
Hom. has onlyAdv. ἀτρεκέως(neut. asAdv., ἀτρεκὲς . . βαλών accurately,
Il. 5.208
(expld. asAdj.by Eust. ad loc.); δεκὰς ἀ. precisely,
Od. 16.245
): mostly with the Verbsἀγορεύειν, καταλέξαι,telltruly, exactly,
Il. 2.10 , Od. 1.169 , etc.; ἀ. μαντεύσομαι
17.154
; ἀ. ἔφρασεν
IG 3.716
; ἀ. ὀλίγοι
Thgn. 636
; freq. in Hdt. , ἀ. εἰπεῖν
1.57
,al.; εἰδέναι
1.209
, al.; ἐπίστασθαι
3.130
; ἐκμαθεῖν
7.10
. ή; διακρῖναι
1.172
; διασημῆναι
5.86
; φαίνειν
2.49
; ἀ. ἀριθμεῖσθαι
Hp. Prog. 20
;ἀ. ὅμοιον preciselysimilar, Diog. Apoll. 5 .
2. ἀ. ἀποκαυλισθεῖσαbrokenstraight across,opp.παραμηκέως,
Hp. Art. 14 .
3. neut. asAdv.(cf. supr. 11.1 ), τὸ δ' ἀτρεκὲς ὄλβιος οὐδείς
Thgn. 167
; ἐπ' ἀτρεκές
IG 9(1).880
(Corc.).—The word and its derivs. are rare in Trag. and not found in Att. Prose,ἀκριβήςand its derivs. being used instead: freq. in Ion. Prose, esp. in Hp. and Aret.,SD 2.12 , al., and in later Prose, cf. ἐπιστήμη καὶ γνώμη ἀ.
Plb. 1.4.9
, ἀ. τοͅιακάς
Plu. Rom. 12
;ὁ σενᾶτος ἀτρεκῶς γερουσίαν σημαίνει strictly,ib. 13;οὐκ ἔφυγον δ' ἀτρεκῶςnotreally, Epigr. Gr.339.5; of persons,truthful, accurate,
J. BJ 3.8.9 . (Cf.ἄτρακτος.)
