αἴσθησις. [130] 17, [134] 11, [152] 15, [218] 1. Sense, perception. Lat. sensus. So αἰσθητός, perceptible, [152] 22, [206] 6, etc.; and αἰσθητῶς, perceptibly, [126] 20, [202] 18.
ἀκατάστροφος. [232] 1. Without rounding or conclusion. Lat. idonei exitus expers. Used of a period which does not turn back upon itself—which is, in fact, not a περίοδος. Cp. the use of εὐκαταστρόφως in Demetr. de Eloc. § 10.
ἀκατονόμαστος. [208] 25. Unnamed, nameless. Lat. appellationis expers.
ἀκέραστος. [230] 18. Unmixed, or incapable of mixture. Lat. non permixtus, s. qui permisceri non potest.
ἀκοή. [70] 3, [118] 23, [146] 8, etc. The sense of hearing: ‘the ear.’ Lat. auditus. So ἀκρόασις, [116] 19, [198] 8, etc.
ἀκόλλητος. [218] 13. Uncompacted, or incapable of being compacted. Lat. non compactus, s. qui compingi non potest.
ἀκολουθία. [212] 22, [232] 20, [254] 17. Sequence, the orderly progression of words. Lat. consecutio, ordo, series. ἐν πολλοῖς ὑπεροπτικὴ τῆς ἀκολουθίας, [212] 22 = prone to anacolouthon. Cp. Long. p. 102, D.H. p. 184, Demetr. p. 263. Similarly ἀκόλουθος is used of what follows naturally, [130] 9, [228] 17, etc.
ἀκόμψευτος. [212] 23, [232] 21. Unadorned. Lat. incomptus. Used of a style which is sans recherche, sans parure. Cp. Cic. Orat. 24. 78 “nam ut mulieres esse dicuntur non nullae inornatae, quas id ipsum deceat, sic haec subtilis oratio etiam incompta delectat.”
ἀκόρυφος. [230] 31. Without a capital or beginning. Lat. sine fastigio, sine initio. Used of a period without a proper beginning and therefore imperfectly rounded: whereas true periods are εὐκόρυφοι καὶ στρογγύλαι ὥσπερ ἀπὸ τόρνου (de Demosth. c. 43).
ἀκρίβεια. [118] 10, [206] 8, [266] 11, etc. Exactitude, precision, finish. Lat. perfectio, absolutio, subtilitas. Used of an ars exquisita, a style soigné. So ἀκριβής [196] 15, and ἀκριβοῦν [94] 14 and [242] 9. Cp. D.H. p. 184, and Demetr. p. 264 (where the slightly depreciatory sense of ‘correctness,’ ‘nicety,’ is also illustrated: cp. C.V. [274] 22).