ακρίβεια

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀκρῑ́βεια (akrī́beia).^[1] By surface analysis, ακριβής (akrivís) +‎ -εια (-eia).

• IPA^(key): /aˈkri.vi.a/
• Hyphenation: α‧κρί‧βει‧α

ακρίβεια • (akríveia) f (plural ακρίβειες)

1. accuracy, exactness, exactitude
2. precision, preciseness
3. (time) punctuality

ακριβείας is a literary genitive form.

• ανακρίβεια (anakríveia)

• ακριβής (akrivís, “accurate”)
• για την ακρίβεια (gia tin akríveia, “in fact, actually”)

Inherited from Byzantine Greek ακρίβεια (akríbeia, “expensiveness”), from Koine Greek ακρίβεια (akríbeia, “strict economy”), from Ancient Greek ἀκρῑ́βεια (akrī́beia), with synizesis of final vowels into one syllable.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /aˈkɾi.vʝa/
• Hyphenation: α‧κρί‧βεια

ακρίβεια • (akríveia) f (plural ακρίβειες)

1. dearness, expensiveness

   Antonym: φτήνια f (ftínia)

   1. (by extension) an item of good quality; an exclusive item

• ακριβός (akrivós, “expensive”)