ἀκρῑβ-όω,
future -ώσω, make exact or accurate, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 469] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τάδε to be perfect in bearing these hardships, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.13] Refs 5th c.BC+]; arrange precisely, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 274] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be exact or perfect, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1483; ἠκριβῶσθαι πρὸς πᾶσαν ἀρετήν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1279b1.] Refs 5th c.BC+]—Later in middle, [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 17.2.2, 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1799.33, etc. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 investigate accurately, understand thoroughly, οἱ τάδ᾽ ἠκριβωκότες[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1192, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.9] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὔνομά μου σὺ ἀκριβοῖ; are you sure of..? [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 156a] Refs 5th c.BC+]; inquire carefully of, τὸν χρόνον[[ NT.Matt.2.7] NT]:—passive, [[ 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 265.3. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 describe accurately, τι [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.47 O. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__4 absolutely, to be exact, ἡ φύσις οὐκ ἀκριβοῖ[[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 778a6; [ὁ ἄνθρωπος] κατὰ τὴν ἁφὴν διαφερόντως ἀκριβοῖ [prev. author] “de An.” 421a22; ἀ. περί τι “GA” 780b26.] Refs 4th c.BC+]