ἀκριβόω
ο-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἀκριβόω
Structure:
ἀκριβό
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to make exact or accurate, to be perfect in, to be or become perfect
- to investigate accurately, to understand thoroughly, are you sure of
Conjugation
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.
- πῶσ οὖν γέρων ὢν κἀπιλήσμων καὶ βραδὺσ λόγων ἀκριβῶν σχινδαλάμουσ μαθήσομαι; (Aristophanes, Clouds, Prologue 4:32)
- ἐνταῦθα δή φημι δεῖν, κἂν εἴ τισ ἐντυχὼν τῇ παραινέσει τῶν πάνυ ἀκριβῶν αἰτιάσεται, μηδὲ τῶν νεωτέρων καὶ ὀλίγον πρὸ ἡμῶν ἀπείρωσ ἔχειν· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 22:1)
- ἐπειδὴ δὲ ὁρῶ σε, αὐτοκράτορ, ἐντυγχάνοντα τοῖσ παλαιοῖσ ἀνδράσι καὶσυνιέντα φρονίμων καὶ ἀκριβῶν λόγων, φημὶ δὴ σαφῶσ ἄνδρα εἶναι μακάριον, τὸν μεγίστην μὲν ἔχοντα δύναμιν μετὰ τοὺσ θεούσ, κάλλιστα δὲ τῷ δύνασθαι χρώμενον. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 3:2)
- καὶ γὰρ ἂν εἰή παγγέλοιον, εἰ δι’ ἑτέρων μὲν ἀκριβῶν ἴσασι τοὺσ ἀκριβεῖσ, αὐτοὶ δ’ ἀγνοοῦσι, καὶ τοὺσ μὲν κρίνοντασ αὐτῶν ἀντικρίνουσιν αὐτοὶ βελτίουσ ἑαυτῶν εἶναι, τοὺσ δ’ ἐξ ἀρχῆσ τὰ κράτιστα δεικνύντασ οὐ θαυμάσονται, οἳ μετὰ τῆσ ἐπιστήμησ καὶ τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ πείθειν οὖσαν κέκτηνται. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 10:14)
- μὴ ὄντων γὰρ ἀκριβῶν ὁρ́ων, καθάπερ Κολυττοῦ καὶ Μελίτησ, οἱο͂ν στηλῶν ἢ περιβόλων, τοῦτο μὲν ἔχειν φάναι ἡμᾶσ ὅτι τουτὶ μέν ἐστι Κολυττὸσ τουτὶ δὲ Μελίτη, τοὺσ ὁρ́ουσ δὲ μὴ ἔχειν εἰπεῖν. (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 4 14:2)
Derived
- διακριβόω (to examine or discuss minutely or with precision, to be brought to perfection)
- ἐξακριβόω (to make exact, to make a distinct or precise)