ἀτρεκής

ἀτρεκ-ής, 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.VM12

; 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 IG3.716

;

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. 11.1),

τὸ δ' ἀτρεκὲς ὄλβιος οὐδείς Thgn.167

;

ἐπ' ἀτρεκές IG9(1).880

(Corc.).—The word and its derivs. are rare in Trag. and not found in [dialect] Att. Prose, ἀκριβής and its derivs. being used instead: freq. in [dialect] Ion. Prose, esp. in Hp. and Aret., SD2.12, 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 δ' ἀτρεκῶς not really, Epigr. Gr.339.5; of persons, truthful, accurate, J.BJ3.8.9. (Cf. ἄτρακτος.)