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ἀκρίβεια

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκρίβεια

Structure: ἀκριβει (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: a)kribh/s

Sense

  1. exactness, minute accuracy, precision, with minuteness or precision, perfect condition
  2. parsimony, frugality

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τὰ λοιπὰ δ’ οἶμαι ταῖσ μαθηματικαῖσ ἀκριβείαισ εἰσ τὸν ἐξῆχθαι καὶ βέβαιον, ὡσ ἥ γε νύξ ἐστι σκιὰ γῆσ, ἡ δ’ ἔκλειψισ τοῦ ἡλίου σκιὰ σελήνησ, ὅταν ἡ ὄψισ ἐν αὐτῇ γένηται. (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 19 3:2)
  • ὥστε ἐμὲ ἐν ἀπόρῳ καθεστάναι καὶ πρὸσ ἐμαυτὸν καὶ νὴ Δία ἤδη πρὸσ ἕτερον, πότεῤ ὡσ ἀληθῶσ οὐκ ἔβλεπον οὐδὲ ὕπαρ, ἀλλὰ ὄναρ ἦν τὰ γιγνόμενα, ἢ τὰ μὲν ἦν ταῦτα ταῖσ πάσαισ ἀκριβείαισ, σπουδή τε τοῦ πλήθουσ καὶ κρίσισ τῆσ βουλῆσ, ὁ δ̓ ἀνδριὰσ τῶν Δαιδάλου ποιημάτων ἔτυχεν ὢν καὶ λαθὼν ἡμᾶσ ἀπέδρα. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 18:2)
  • ὥστε καίπερ οὕτω κοινὸν ὂν τὸ στρατήγιον ταῖσ ἀκριβείαισ ταῖσ περὶ τὸν θεὸν ἀντ’ ἀδύτου καθέστηκε. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 4:11)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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