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 this is rejected by Beekes & van Beek.^[1] Tichy takes the component parts to be ἄκρις (ákris, “mountain top”) in a dative-locative form in -ī + βῆναι (bênai, “go, walk”).

Pronunciation

(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

ᾰ̓κρῑβής • (ăkrībḗs) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓κρῑβές); third declension

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 ăkrībḗs	ᾰ̓κρῑβές ăkrībés	ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖ ăkrībeî	ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖ ăkrībeî	ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖς ăkrībeîs	ᾰ̓κρῑβῆ ăkrībê
Genitive	ᾰ̓κρῑβοῦς ăkrīboûs	ᾰ̓κρῑβοῦς ăkrīboûs	ᾰ̓κρῑβοῖν ăkrīboîn	ᾰ̓κρῑβοῖν ăkrīboîn	ᾰ̓κρῑβῶν ăkrībôn	ᾰ̓κρῑβῶν ăkrībôn
Dative	ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖ ăkrībeî	ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖ ăkrībeî	ᾰ̓κρῑβοῖν ăkrīboîn	ᾰ̓κρῑβοῖν ăkrīboîn	ᾰ̓κρῑβέσῐ / ᾰ̓κρῑβέσῐν ăkrībésĭ(n)	ᾰ̓κρῑβέσῐ / ᾰ̓κρῑβέσῐν ăkrībésĭ(n)
Accusative	ᾰ̓κρῑβῆ ăkrībê	ᾰ̓κρῑβές ăkrībés	ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖ ăkrībeî	ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖ ăkrībeî	ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖς ăkrībeîs	ᾰ̓κρῑβῆ ăkrībê
Vocative	ᾰ̓κρῑβές ăkrībés	ᾰ̓κρῑβές ăkrībés	ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖ ăkrībeî	ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖ ăkrībeî	ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖς ăkrībeîs	ᾰ̓κρῑβῆ ăkrībê
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓κρῑβῶς ăkrībôs		ᾰ̓κρῑβέστερος ăkrībésteros		ᾰ̓κρῑβέστᾰτος ăkrībéstătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀκρῑ́βειᾰ (akrī́beiă)
ἀκριβόω (akribóō)

Descendants

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

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀκριβής”, in 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

“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 (2006–2025)
“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.

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀκριβής”, in 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

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