Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀκριβολογέομαι

ε-contract Verb; 이상동사 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκριβολογέομαι

Structure: ἀκριβολογέ (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Etym.: from a)kribolo/gos

Sense

  1. to be exact or precise, to weigh accurately

Conjugation

Present tense

Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀκριβολόγουμαι ἀκριβολόγει, ἀκριβολόγῃ ἀκριβολόγειται
Dual ἀκριβολόγεισθον ἀκριβολόγεισθον
Plural ἀκριβολογοῦμεθα ἀκριβολόγεισθε ἀκριβολόγουνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀκριβολόγωμαι ἀκριβολόγῃ ἀκριβολόγηται
Dual ἀκριβολόγησθον ἀκριβολόγησθον
Plural ἀκριβολογώμεθα ἀκριβολόγησθε ἀκριβολόγωνται
OptativeSingular ἀκριβολογοίμην ἀκριβολόγοιο ἀκριβολόγοιτο
Dual ἀκριβολόγοισθον ἀκριβολογοίσθην
Plural ἀκριβολογοίμεθα ἀκριβολόγοισθε ἀκριβολόγοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἀκριβολόγου ἀκριβολογεῖσθω
Dual ἀκριβολόγεισθον ἀκριβολογεῖσθων
Plural ἀκριβολόγεισθε ἀκριβολογεῖσθων, ἀκριβολογεῖσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀκριβολόγεισθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀκριβολογουμενος ἀκριβολογουμενου ἀκριβολογουμενη ἀκριβολογουμενης ἀκριβολογουμενον ἀκριβολογουμενου

Imperfect tense

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

  • καὶ ταυτὶ πάνθ’ ὑπὲρ τῆσ ἀληθείασ ἀκριβολογοῦμαι καὶ διεξέρχομαι. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 30:1)
  • ὅσοι μὲν οὖν τῶν ἐμπόρων ἢ τῶν ἄλλων ξένων ἢ τῶν πολιτῶν τῶν ἡμετέρων κατ’ ἐκείνουσ τοὺσ χρόνουσ ἐχρήσαντο τῷ σώματι τῷ Τιμάρχου, ἑκὼν καὶ τούτουσ ὑπερβήσομαι, ἵνα μή τισ εἴπῃ ὡσ ἄρα λίαν ἀκριβολογοῦμαι ἅπαντα· (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 402)
  • ἀλλὰ τί ταῦτα ἀκριβολογοῦμαι; (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 5:15)
  • ἀλλὰ τί ταῦτα ἀκριβολογοῦμαι; (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 6:18)
  • τοῦτο δὲ ἑτέρων τινῶν ἀνθρωπίσκων μνησθέντεσ, πρὸσ δὲ δὴ Πλάτωνα, τὸν τῶν ῥητόρων πατέρα τε καὶ διδάσκαλον, οὕτωσ οἶμαι τὸ ἐφεξῆσ εἰρήκαμεν, καὶ τοσαῦτά γ’ ἐστὶν οὐ τὸν βίον τὸν ἐκείνου καὶ τοὺσ λόγουσ εἰσ ὅσον οἱο͂́ν τε σεμνύνοντοσ, καὶ ταυτὶ πάντα ὑπὲρ τῆσ ἀληθείασ ἀκριβολογοῦμαι καὶ διεξέρχομαι, φησὶ Δημοσθένησ, ἐπεὶ τό γε τοῦ Πινδάρου πολλοὶ ὑμνοῦσι χρὴ δὲ πᾶν ἔρδοντ’ ἀμαυρῶσαι τὸν ἐχθρόν. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 8:10)

Synonyms

  1. to be exact or precise

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

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