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ἀτρεκής

atrekes

strict, precise, exact

Appears 34 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀτρεκής, ές, A. strict, precise, exact, ἀλάθεια, καιρός, Pi. N. 5.17, P. 8.7; ἀριθμός Hdt. 7.187; δίαιτα Hp. Mochl. 42; βιότου ἀ. ἐπιτηδεύσεις over-nice, precise, E. Hipp. 261; τὸ ἀ., = ἀτρέκεια, φράσαι, εἰπεῖν τὸ ἀ., Hdt. 5.9,7.60; τὸ -έστερον τούτων more precise details, Id. 5.54; τὸ -έστατον Id. 7.214; ἐγγὺς τοῦ -εστάτου ἥκειν Hp. VM 12; rarely of persons, exact, strict, Ἑλλανοδίκας Pi. O. 3.12. 2. sure, certain, ποδὶ ἀτρεκέϊ Id. N. 3.41; ἀ. δόξα E. Hipp. 1115 (lyr.). II. Hom. has only Adv. ἀτρεκέως (neut. as Adv., ἀτρεκὲς . . βαλών accurately, Il. 5.208 (expld. as Adj. by Eust. ad loc.); δεκὰς ἀ. precisely, Od. 16.245): mostly with the Verbs ἀγορεύειν, καταλέξαι, tell truly, exactly, Il. 2.10, Od. 1.169, etc.; ἀ. μαντεύσομαι 17.154; ἀ. ἔφρασεν IG 3.716; ἀ. ὀλίγοι Thgn. 636; freq. in Hdt., ἀ. εἰπεῖν 1.57,al.; εἰδέναι 1.209, al.; ἐπίστασθαι 3.130; ἐκμαθεῖν 7.10.ή; διακρῖναι 1.172; διασημῆναι 5.86; φαίνειν 2.49; ἀ. ἀριθμεῖσθαι Hp. Prog. 20; ἀ. ὅμοιον precisely similar, Diog. Apoll.5. 2. ἀ. ἀποκαυλισθεῖσα broken straight across, opp. παραμηκέως, Hp. Art. 14. 3. neut. as Adv. (cf. supr. II.1), τὸ δʼ ἀτρεκὲς ὄλβιος οὐδείς Thgn. 167; ἐπʼ ἀτρεκές IG 9(1).880(Corc.).—The word and its derivs. are rare in Trag. and not found in Att. Prose, ἀκριβής and its derivs. being used instead: freq. in Ion. Prose, esp. in Hp. and Aret., SD 2.12, al., and in later Prose, cf. ἐπιστήμη καὶ γνώμη ἀ. Plb. 1.4.9, ἀ. τιακάς Plu. Rom. 12; ὁ σενᾶτος ἀτρεκῶς γερουσίαν σημαίνει strictly, ib.13; οὐκ ἔφυγον δʼ ἀτρεκῶς not really, Epigr. Gr.339.5; of persons, truthful, accurate, J. BJ 3.8.9. (Cf. ἄτρακτος.)
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