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ἀκρίβεια

akribeia

exactness, precision

Appears 39 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀκρίβεια, ἡ, A. exactness, precision, Hp. VM 12, Th. 1.22, etc.; τῶν πραχθέντων Antipho 4.3.1, cf. Lys. 17.6:— freq. with Preps. in adv. sense, διʼ ἀκριβείας with minuteness or precision, Pl. Tht. 184c, Ti. 23d, etc.; διὰ πάσης ἀ. Lg. 876c; εἰς τὴν ἀ. φιλοσοφεῖν Grg. 487c; εἰς ἀ. Arist. Pol. 1331a2; πρὸς τὴν ἀ. Pl. Lg. 769d, cf. Arist. Resp. 478b1:—ἡ ἀ. τοῦ ναυτικοῦ its efficiency, rigid discipline, Th. 7.13; ἀ. νόμων strictness, severity, Isoc. 7.40; περὶ τὸ διάφορον strictness in money matters Plb. 31 27.11: pl., niceties, Pl. R. 504e, Is. 7.16. 2. parsimony, frugality, Plu. Per. 16; ὕδωρ διʼ ἀκριβείας ἐστί τινι is scarce, Pl. Lg. 844b.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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