ἀκριβής

See also: ακριβής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Disputed. Commonly held to be formed from ἄκρος (ákros, “sharp”) and another element of uncertain provenance, e.g. εἴβω (eíbō, “drop, let fall”) according to Schwyzer, though rejected by Beekes & van Beek. Tichy takes the component parts to be ἄκρις (ákris, “mountain top”) in a dative-locative form in -ī + βῆναι (bênai, “go, walk”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kriː.bɛ̌ːs/ → /a.kriˈβis/ → /a.kriˈvis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kriː.bɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kriˈbe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.kriˈβis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.kriˈvis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.kriˈvis/

Adjective

ἀκρῑβής • (akrībḗs) m or f (neuter ἀκρῑβές); third declension

1. accurate, precise
2. scrupulous, methodical

Inflection

Third declension of ᾰ̓κρῑβής; ᾰ̓κρῑβές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓κρῑβής akrībḗs	ᾰ̓κρῑβές akrībés		ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖ akrībeî	ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖ akrībeî		ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖς akrībeîs	ᾰ̓κρῑβῆ akrībê
Genitive		ᾰ̓κρῑβοῦς akrīboûs	ᾰ̓κρῑβοῦς akrīboûs		ᾰ̓κρῑβοῖν akrīboîn	ᾰ̓κρῑβοῖν akrīboîn		ᾰ̓κρῑβῶν akrībôn	ᾰ̓κρῑβῶν akrībôn
Dative		ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖ akrībeî	ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖ akrībeî		ᾰ̓κρῑβοῖν akrīboîn	ᾰ̓κρῑβοῖν akrīboîn		ᾰ̓κρῑβέσῐ / ᾰ̓κρῑβέσῐν akrībési(n)	ᾰ̓κρῑβέσῐ / ᾰ̓κρῑβέσῐν akrībési(n)
Accusative		ᾰ̓κρῑβῆ akrībê	ᾰ̓κρῑβές akrībés		ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖ akrībeî	ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖ akrībeî		ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖς akrībeîs	ᾰ̓κρῑβῆ akrībê
Vocative		ᾰ̓κρῑβές akrībés	ᾰ̓κρῑβές akrībés		ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖ akrībeî	ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖ akrībeî		ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖς akrībeîs	ᾰ̓κρῑβῆ akrībê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓κρῑβῶς akrībôs			ᾰ̓κρῑβέστερος akrībésteros			ᾰ̓κρῑβέστᾰτος akrībéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀκρῑ́βειᾰ (akrī́beia)

Descendants

• → Greek: ακριβής (akrivís)
• ⇒ Greek: ακριβός (akrivós)

Further reading

• “ἀκριβής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀκριβής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀκριβής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀκριβής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀκριβής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • accurate idem, page 7.
  • actual idem, page 10.
  • careful idem, page 114.
  • certain idem, page 122.
  • circumstantial idem, page 133.
  • correct idem, page 174.
  • critical idem, page 185.
  • crucial idem, page 187.
  • definite idem, page 205.
  • dogmatic idem, page 246.
  • exact idem, page 286.
  • exhaustive idem, page 291.
  • formal idem, page 338.
  • graphic idem, page 370.
  • literal idem, page 494.
  • methodical idem, page 527.
  • minute idem, page 532.
  • nice idem, page 557.
  • particular idem, page 594.
  • positive idem, page 628.
  • precise idem, page 634.
  • punctilious idem, page 657.
  • punctual idem, page 657.
  • rigorous idem, page 715.
  • scrupulous idem, page 743.
  • searching idem, page 746.
  • strict idem, page 825.
  • sure idem, page 842.
  • thorough idem, page 868.
  • truthful idem, page 899.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 56