ἱστορικός

A. exact, precise, scientific, μίμησις Pl. Sph. 267e; τῶν παρὰ τοῖς ἄλλοις εὑρημένων ἱ. well-informed respecting . . or able to recount . ., Arist. Rh. 1359b32; ἀποδείξεις ἱστορικῶν Phld. D. 1.23. Adv. ‐κῶς scientifically, accurately, Arist. GA 757b35; by personal observation, κατ αμαθεῖν τι Gal. 14.275.

II. belonging to history, historical, πραγματεῖαι D.H. 1.1; τύπος (opp. λογικός) Id. Dem. 24; ἀναγραφή Id. 1.4; γράμματα Plu. Them. 13: Subst., historian, Arist. Po. 1451b1, Aristeas 31, Phld. Rh. 1.200S., D.H. 4.6, D.S. 1.6, etc.; ‐ώτατος βασιλέων Plu. Sert. 9. Adv. ‐κῶς, ἱ. καὶ διδασκαλικῶς Str. 1.1.10; ἱ. καὶ ἐξηγητικῶς, opp. ἀποδεικτικῶς, Phld. Mus. p.12 K.; but ἐξηγητικώτερον ἢ ‐ώτερον, of Aristotle's method in HA, Antig. Mir. 60.