διακριβόω

diakriboo

portray exactly

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book III 1
Chapter 3 1112a18–1113a14

1112b6
Book X 1
Chapter 8 1178a9–1179a32

1178a23
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 10 1225b17–1227b11

1227a1
History of Animals 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 15 546b15–548a21

546b33
Meteorology 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 8 365b21–369a9

367b11
Rhetoric 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 8 1365b21–1366a22

1366a21
Sophistical Refutations 1
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Chapter 7 169a22–169b17

169b15

Dictionary (LSJ)

διακριβόω, A. portray exactly, Ἔρωτα APl. 16.204 (Praxiteles). 2. examine or discuss minutely or with precision, τὰς τάξεις X. Cyr. 2.1.27; τὸν ὅρον Arist. SE 169b15, cf.EN 1178a23:—Med., Pl. Tht. 184d; περί τινος Isoc. 4.18:—Pass., διηκρίβωται the subject has been examined minutely, Arist. Rh. 1366a21, cf. Phld. Herc. 862.13; to be brought to exactness or perfection, Arist. EN 1112b6, etc.; διηκριβωμένοι accomplished persons, Pl. Lg. 965a; διηκρ. ἑρμηνεία Aristox. Harm.p.16M.; διηκρ. τέχναι Ath. 12.511d.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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