ἀκριβής

A. exact, accurate, precise, E. El. 367, etc.; σημεῖον Th. 1.10; δίαιτα Hp. Aph. 1.4; τριταῖος returning precisely at its time, Id. Epid. 1.24; γαλήνη complete calm, Jul. Or. 1.25c.

II. of persons, precise, strict, δικασταί Th. 3.46; ἐπίσκοποι Pl. Lg. 762d; δεινὸς καὶ ἀ. Lys. 7.12; ἀ. τοῖς ὄμμασι sharp- sighted, Theoc. 22.194; of arguments, Ar. Nu. 130; ἀ. μουσική E. Supp. 906, etc.; τὸ ἀ., = ἀκρίβεια, Hp. VM 9; τὸ πάνυ ἀ. Th. 6.18: freq.in Adv. ‐βῶς to a nicety, precisely, ἀ. εἰδέναι, ἐπίστασθαι, καθορᾶν, μαθεῖν, etc., Hdt. 7.32, etc.; ἀ. οἶσθα A. Pr. 330; opp. ἁπλῶς, Isoc. 5.46; opp. τύπῳ (in outline, roughly), Arist. EN 1104a2: Comp. ‐έστερον Pl. R. 436c, Act.Ap. 18.26: Sup. ‐έστατα Pl. R. 484c; ἀ. καὶ μόλις with greatest difficulty, Plu. Alex. 16:—also οὐκ εἰς ἀκριβὲς ἦλθες at the right moment, E. Tr. 901.

2. in the strict sense of the word, ὁ ἀ. ἰατρός Pl. R. 342d; ὁτῷἀ. λόγῳ ἰατρός ib.341c.

b. pure-bred, genuine, Κόλ χος Eun. Hist. p.263D.

c. Astron., true, opp. φαινόμενος, Procl. Hyp. 4.31.

3. parsimonious, stingy, ἀ. τοὺς τρόπους Men. 235. Adv. ‐βῶς, διαιτᾶσθαι And. 4.32.—Rare exc. in Att., mostly Prose. (The sense points to ἄκρος as the first part of the word, but ‐ιβης remains dub.)