ἀτρεκής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. The analysis as a compound of privative ἀ- (a-) and an s-stem *τρέκος (*trékos), in the sense “undistorted”, finds no further support: connection with the root of Latin torqueō (“to twist, wind, wry”) is impossible, because a reflex of the labiovelar would be lacking.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.tre.kɛ̌ːs/ → /a.treˈcis/ → /a.treˈcis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tre.kɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.treˈke̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.treˈcis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.treˈcis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.treˈcis/

Adjective

ἀτρεκής • (atrekḗs) m or f (neuter ἀτρεκές); third declension

1. precise, exact, strict
2. sure, certain

Declension

Third declension of ἀτρεκής; ἀτρεκές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀτρεκής atrekḗs	ἀτρεκές atrekés		ἀτρεκεῖ atrekeî	ἀτρεκεῖ atrekeî		ἀτρεκεῖς atrekeîs	ἀτρεκῆ atrekê
Genitive		ἀτρεκοῦς atrekoûs	ἀτρεκοῦς atrekoûs		ἀτρεκοῖν atrekoîn	ἀτρεκοῖν atrekoîn		ἀτρεκῶν atrekôn	ἀτρεκῶν atrekôn
Dative		ἀτρεκεῖ atrekeî	ἀτρεκεῖ atrekeî		ἀτρεκοῖν atrekoîn	ἀτρεκοῖν atrekoîn		ἀτρεκέσῐ / ἀτρεκέσῐν atrekésĭ(n)	ἀτρεκέσῐ / ἀτρεκέσῐν atrekésĭ(n)
Accusative		ἀτρεκῆ atrekê	ἀτρεκές atrekés		ἀτρεκεῖ atrekeî	ἀτρεκεῖ atrekeî		ἀτρεκεῖς atrekeîs	ἀτρεκῆ atrekê
Vocative		ἀτρεκές atrekés	ἀτρεκές atrekés		ἀτρεκεῖ atrekeî	ἀτρεκεῖ atrekeî		ἀτρεκεῖς atrekeîs	ἀτρεκῆ atrekê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀτρεκῶς atrekôs			ἀτρεκέστερος atrekésteros			ἀτρεκέστᾰτος atrekéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀτρέκειᾱ (atrékeiā)
• ἀτρεκέω (atrekéō)
• ἀτρεκότης (atrekótēs)

Further reading

• “ἀτρεκής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀτρεκής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀτρεκής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀτρεκής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀτρεκής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀτρεκής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN