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ἐγγύς

ἐγγύς, ἐγγύς, near; (+ gen.) next to, near

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ἐγγύτατʼ feminine nominative plural superlative, feminine vocative plural superlative, neuter nominative plural superlative, neuter vocative plural superlative, neuter accusative plural superlative, masculine vocative singular superlative, feminine vocative singular superlative of ἐγγύς

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ἐγγύς [ῠ], Adv., Comp. ἐγγυτέρω (-τέρῳ Hell.Oxy. 6.3), also -ύτερον Pl. Lg. 704e: Sup. ἐγγυτάτω or -ύτατα (first in Hp., and Att.); also ἔγγῑον, ἔγγιστα (v. ἐγγίων).
    • I of Place, near, nigh, at hand: freq. in Hom., ἐ. γὰρ νυκτός τε καὶ ἤματός εἰσι κέλευθοι Od. 10.86: c. gen., hard by, near to; so λύπας ἐγγυτέρω nearer to grief, S. OC 1217: c. dat., Il. 11.340, E. Heracl. 37; ἐγγὺς ὁδῷ dub. in IG 1(2).974: mostly with Verbs of rest, ἐ. ἑστάναι, παρεστάναι, A. Pers. 686, Eu. 65; but ἐ. χωρεῖν Id. Th. 59: c. gen., οἱ ἐγγυτάτω τῆς ἀγορᾶς κατεσκευασμένοι Lys. 24.20, etc.
    • II of Time, nigh at hand, Il. 22.453; ἐ. ἡμῖν ὁ ἀγών X. Cyr. 2.3.2.
    • III of Numbers, etc., nearly, ἔτεσι ἐ. εἴκοσι Th. 6.5; μισθὸς ἐ. ἐνιαυτοῦ X. HG 3.1.28: generally, nearly, almost, ἐ. ἔγνως S. Ichn. 301; οὐδʼ ἐ. τινος not nearly, i. e. not by a great deal, nothing like it, Pl. Smp. 198b; ἔχει οὐχ οὕτω ταῦτα οὐδʼ ἐ. not so . . nor yet nearly so, D. 21.30; οὐκ ἐποίουν τοῦτο, οὐδʼ ἐ. Id. 18.96; mostly, Hp. Mochl. 34.
    • IV of Qualities, coming near, ἐ. τι καὶ παραπλήσιον Pl. Grg. 520a; ἐγγύτατα τοῦ νῦν τρόπου, τῆς ξυμπάσης γνώμης, Th. 1.13, 22; ὅτι ἐγγύτατα τούτων Id. 7.86; κοινῇ δὲ πᾶσιν οὐδεὶς ἐγγυτέρω D. 18.288; δοκεῖς δηλῶσαι ἐγγύτατα τὴν ῥητορικήν Pl. Grg. 452e; ἐ. εἶναι, c. gen., Id. Phd. 116b; ἐ. τυφλῶν Id. R. 508c; ἐ. τι τείνειν τοῦ τεθνάναι very near death, Id. Phd. 65a; κακῶς παθεῖν ἐγγύτατα D. 21.123.
    • V of Relationship, akin to, οἱ Ζηνὸς ἐ. A. Fr. 162; ἐγγυτέρω γένει or γένους, Pl. Ap. 30a, Is. 3.72; ἐγγύτατα γένους A. Supp. 388, Lys. Fr. 41, Pl. Hp.Ma. 304d; ἐγγυτάτω γένους IG 1(2).77, Ar. Av. 1666.

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