Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐξακριβόω

ο-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐξακριβόω ἐξακριβώσω

Structure: ἐξ (Prefix) + ἀκριβό (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to make exact, to make a distinct or precise

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐξακρίβω ἐξακρίβοις ἐξακρίβοι
Dual ἐξακρίβουτον ἐξακρίβουτον
Plural ἐξακρίβουμεν ἐξακρίβουτε ἐξακρίβουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐξακρίβω ἐξακρίβοις ἐξακρίβοι
Dual ἐξακρίβωτον ἐξακρίβωτον
Plural ἐξακρίβωμεν ἐξακρίβωτε ἐξακρίβωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐξακρίβοιμι ἐξακρίβοις ἐξακρίβοι
Dual ἐξακρίβοιτον ἐξακριβοίτην
Plural ἐξακρίβοιμεν ἐξακρίβοιτε ἐξακρίβοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐξακρῖβου ἐξακριβοῦτω
Dual ἐξακρίβουτον ἐξακριβοῦτων
Plural ἐξακρίβουτε ἐξακριβοῦντων, ἐξακριβοῦτωσαν
Infinitive ἐξακρίβουν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐξακριβων ἐξακριβουντος ἐξακριβουσα ἐξακριβουσης ἐξακριβουν ἐξακριβουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐξακρίβουμαι ἐξακρίβοι ἐξακρίβουται
Dual ἐξακρίβουσθον ἐξακρίβουσθον
Plural ἐξακριβοῦμεθα ἐξακρίβουσθε ἐξακρίβουνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐξακρίβωμαι ἐξακρίβοι ἐξακρίβωται
Dual ἐξακρίβωσθον ἐξακρίβωσθον
Plural ἐξακριβώμεθα ἐξακρίβωσθε ἐξακρίβωνται
OptativeSingular ἐξακριβοίμην ἐξακρίβοιο ἐξακρίβοιτο
Dual ἐξακρίβοισθον ἐξακριβοίσθην
Plural ἐξακριβοίμεθα ἐξακρίβοισθε ἐξακρίβοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐξακρίβου ἐξακριβοῦσθω
Dual ἐξακρίβουσθον ἐξακριβοῦσθων
Plural ἐξακρίβουσθε ἐξακριβοῦσθων, ἐξακριβοῦσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐξακρίβουσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐξακριβουμενος ἐξακριβουμενου ἐξακριβουμενη ἐξακριβουμενης ἐξακριβουμενον ἐξακριβουμενου

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

  • μᾶλλον γὰρ ἕκαστα κρίνουσι καὶ ἐξακριβοῦσιν οἱ μεθ’ ἡδονῆσ ἐνεργοῦντεσ, οἱο͂ν γεωμετρικοὶ γίνονται οἱ χαίροντεσ τῷ γεωμετρεῖν, καὶ κατανοοῦσιν ἕκαστα μᾶλλον, ὁμοίωσ δὲ καὶ οἱ φιλόμουσοι καὶ φιλοικοδόμοι καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἕκαστοι ἐπιδιδόασιν εἰσ τὸ οἰκεῖον ἔργον χαίροντεσ αὐτῷ· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 10 55:3)
  • οἱ δ’ ἀπωτέρω προθέμενοι, μεμιγμένου τοῦ φωτὸσ ἤδη καὶ πολλοῦ γεγονότοσ, μᾶλλον ἐξακριβοῦσιν ὥσπερ οἱ ταῖσ δυσὶν ὁμοῦ χερσὶ κατέχοντεσ, ὃ τῇ ἑτέρᾳ μὴ δύνανται. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 1, 11:1)

Synonyms

  1. to make exact

Derived

  • ἀκριβόω (to make exact or accurate, to be perfect in, to be or become perfect)
  • διακριβόω (to examine or discuss minutely or with precision, to be brought to perfection)

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

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