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