Related to:
ἀκρῑβ-ής, ές,
exact, accurate, precise, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τριταῖος
returning precisely at its time, [
Refs]; γαλήνη
complete calm, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]
II) of persons,
precise, strict, δικασταί[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τοῖς ὄμμασι
sharp- sighted, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of arguments, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἀ, ={ἀκρίβεια}, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
adverb -βῶς
to a nicety, precisely, ἀ. εἰδέναι, ἐπίστασθαι, καθορᾶν, μαθεῖν, etc, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἁπλῶς, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to τύπῳ (
in outline, roughly), [
Refs 4th c.BC+]:
comparative -έστερον[
NT+5th c.BC+]:
superlative -έστατα[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. καὶ μόλις
with greatest difficulty, [
Refs 1st c.AD+] —also οὐκ εἰς ἀκριβὲς ἦλθες
at the right moment, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2)
in the strict sense of the word, ὁ ἀ. ἰατρός[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2.b)
pure-bred, genuine, Κόλχος[
Refs 4th c.AD+]
II.2.c) Astron,
true, opposed to φαινόμενος, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
II.3)
parsimonious, stingy, ἀ. τοὺς τρόπους[
Refs 4th c.BC+].
adverb -βῶς, διαιτᾶσθαι[
Refs 5th c.BC+] —Rare except in _Attic dialect_, mostly Prose. (The sense points to ἄκρος as the first part of the word, but -ῑβης remains uncertain)