Strong G197ἀκριβέστερον
stricter
- Transliteration
- akribesteron
- Pronunciation
- ak-ree-bes'-ter-on
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb - Comparative
Definition
Neuter of the comparative of the same as G196; (adverbially) more exactly: - more perfect (-ly).
Detailed definition
ἀκριβῶς
adv. (ἀκριβής), [in LXX: Deu.19:18 (יָטַב), Da TH 7:19 (יְצֵב), Eze.39:14, Wis.19:18, Sir.18:29;]
with exactness, carefully: Mat.2:8, Luk.1:3, Act.18:25, Eph.5:15, 1Th.5:2 (M, Th., in l). Compar., ἀκριβέστερον (Milligan, NTD, 111; MM, VGT, see word), Act.18:26 23:15, 20 24:22.†
(AS)
adv. (ἀκριβής), [in LXX: Deu.19:18 (יָטַב), Da TH 7:19 (יְצֵב), Eze.39:14, Wis.19:18, Sir.18:29;]
with exactness, carefully: Mat.2:8, Luk.1:3, Act.18:25, Eph.5:15, 1Th.5:2 (M, Th., in l). Compar., ἀκριβέστερον (Milligan, NTD, 111; MM, VGT, see word), Act.18:26 23:15, 20 24:22.†
(AS)
Related words
Same identity
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀκρῑβ-ής, ές,
exact, accurate, precise, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 367, etc.; σημεῖον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.10; δίαιτα 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 1.4)]; τριταῖος returning precisely at its time, [Refs ([prev. author] “Epid.” 1.24)]; γαλήνη complete calm, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 1.25c.)]
II of persons, precise, strict, δικασταί[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.46; ἐπίσκοποι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 762d; δεινὸς καὶ ἀ. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.12)]; ἀ. τοῖς ὄμμασι sharp- sighted, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.194)]; of arguments, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 130; ἀ. μουσική 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 906, etc.)]; τὸ ἀ., ={ἀκρίβεια}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 9; τὸ πάνυ ἀ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.18: frequently in)]adverb -βῶς to a nicety, precisely, ἀ. εἰδέναι, ἐπίστασθαι, καθορᾶν, μαθεῖν, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.32, etc.; ἀ. οἶσθα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 330)]; opposed to ἁπλῶς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.46)]; opposed to τύπῳ (in outline, roughly), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1104a2)]: comparative -έστερον[NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 436c, NT.Act.18.26)]: superlative -έστατα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 484c)]; ἀ. καὶ μόλις with greatest difficulty, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 16:)] —also οὐκ εἰς ἀκριβὲς ἦλθες at the right moment, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 901.)]
II.2 in the strict sense of the word, ὁ ἀ. ἰατρός[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 342d; ὁτῷἀ. λόγῳ ἰατρός [prev. work] 341c.)]
II.2.b pure-bred, genuine, Κόλχος[Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Fragmenta Historica - HGM” p.263D.)]
II.2.c Astron., true, opposed to φαινόμενος, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Hypotyposis astronomicarum positionum” 4.31.)]
II.3 parsimonious, stingy, ἀ. τοὺς τρόπους[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 235)]. adverb -βῶς, διαιτᾶσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.32.)] —Rare except in _Attic dialect_, mostly Prose. (The sense points to ἄκρος as the first part of the word, but -ῑβης remains uncertain)
exact, accurate, precise, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 367, etc.; σημεῖον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.10; δίαιτα 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 1.4)]; τριταῖος returning precisely at its time, [Refs ([prev. author] “Epid.” 1.24)]; γαλήνη complete calm, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 1.25c.)]
II of persons, precise, strict, δικασταί[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.46; ἐπίσκοποι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 762d; δεινὸς καὶ ἀ. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.12)]; ἀ. τοῖς ὄμμασι sharp- sighted, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.194)]; of arguments, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 130; ἀ. μουσική 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 906, etc.)]; τὸ ἀ., ={ἀκρίβεια}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 9; τὸ πάνυ ἀ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.18: frequently in)]adverb -βῶς to a nicety, precisely, ἀ. εἰδέναι, ἐπίστασθαι, καθορᾶν, μαθεῖν, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.32, etc.; ἀ. οἶσθα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 330)]; opposed to ἁπλῶς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.46)]; opposed to τύπῳ (in outline, roughly), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1104a2)]: comparative -έστερον[NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 436c, NT.Act.18.26)]: superlative -έστατα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 484c)]; ἀ. καὶ μόλις with greatest difficulty, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 16:)] —also οὐκ εἰς ἀκριβὲς ἦλθες at the right moment, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 901.)]
II.2 in the strict sense of the word, ὁ ἀ. ἰατρός[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 342d; ὁτῷἀ. λόγῳ ἰατρός [prev. work] 341c.)]
II.2.b pure-bred, genuine, Κόλχος[Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Fragmenta Historica - HGM” p.263D.)]
II.2.c Astron., true, opposed to φαινόμενος, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Hypotyposis astronomicarum positionum” 4.31.)]
II.3 parsimonious, stingy, ἀ. τοὺς τρόπους[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 235)]. adverb -βῶς, διαιτᾶσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.32.)] —Rare except in _Attic dialect_, mostly Prose. (The sense points to ἄκρος as the first part of the word, but -ῑβης remains uncertain)