Ἀκριβῶ
I make exact, I investigate thoroughly
Translated by Oliver Phillips ✝23 Jun 2000Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Used] with an accusative.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀκριβῶ· αἰτιατικῇ.
Betacode
*)akribw=: ai)tiatikh=|.
Notes
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- α979Ἀκριβήςaccurate, precise[sc. Something] "accurate" seems to indicate also what is necessary. And suppose we wish to establish [the statement] that every assumption of a serious person [is] accurate. For "accurate" seems to be [the assumption]…
- α980Ἀκριβήςaccurate, exact, precise, sound, thoroughgoing[Meaning] firm/reliable. "For he used to be called a firm follower of the doctrine of Manis." Also [sc. attested is the genitive] a)kribou=s: of one able to know the accurate [truth]. Also [sc. attested is the related…
- α982Ἀκριβωθήσεταιwill be made precise[sc. Meaning] will be thought over precisely. Aristophanes [writes]: "he/she will not even put one foot in front of the other, unless it will be made precise."
- ε1521Ἐξακριβωθέντεςaccurately-described[Meaning they who were] looked-into. Diodorus [writes]: "men accurately-described by the king as to both size and height of their bodies and sharpness and confidence of their resolve".
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Revision history3 revisions · last 28 Apr 2012
- augmented note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- added note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Oliver Phillips ✝