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 rejected by Beekes & van Beek. 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

ἀκρῑβής • (akrībḗs) m or f (neuter ἀκρῑβές); 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 akrībḗs	ᾰ̓κρῑβές akrībés	ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖ akrībeî	ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖ akrībeî	ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖς akrībeîs	ᾰ̓κρῑβῆ akrībê
Genitive	ᾰ̓κρῑβοῦς akrīboûs	ᾰ̓κρῑβοῦς akrīboûs	ᾰ̓κρῑβοῖν akrīboîn	ᾰ̓κρῑβοῖν akrīboîn	ᾰ̓κρῑβῶν akrībôn	ᾰ̓κρῑβῶν akrībôn
Dative	ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖ akrībeî	ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖ akrībeî	ᾰ̓κρῑβοῖν akrīboîn	ᾰ̓κρῑβοῖν akrīboîn	ᾰ̓κρῑβέσῐ / ᾰ̓κρῑβέσῐν akrībési(n)	ᾰ̓κρῑβέσῐ / ᾰ̓κρῑβέσῐν akrībési(n)
Accusative	ᾰ̓κρῑβῆ akrībê	ᾰ̓κρῑβές akrībés	ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖ akrībeî	ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖ akrībeî	ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖς akrībeîs	ᾰ̓κρῑβῆ akrībê
Vocative	ᾰ̓κρῑβές akrībés	ᾰ̓κρῑβές akrībés	ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖ akrībeî	ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖ akrībeî	ᾰ̓κρῑβεῖς akrībeîs	ᾰ̓κρῑβῆ akrībê
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓κρῑβῶς akrībôs		ᾰ̓κρῑβέστερος akrībésteros		ᾰ̓κρῑβέστᾰτος akrībéstatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀκρῑ́βειᾰ (akrī́beia)

Descendants

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