ἆσσον

English (LSJ)

(Dor. ἄσσιον acc. to Eust.1643.32), Adv. Comp. of ἄγχι:—

   A nearer, esp. of hostile approach, ἆσσον ἴτ' Il.1.567, al., cf. Hes.Th.748; τείχεος ἆ. ἴσαν Il.22.4, cf. Hdt.4.3, Ar.Eq.1306; simply of approach, γυναῖχ' ὁρῶ στείχουσαν ἡμῶν ἆ. S.OC312, cf. El.900; of a woman, ἥτις ἀνδρῶν ἆ. οὐκ ἐλήλυθεν Ar.Eq.1306; δίφρον ἆ. ἕλκεται πυρός Semon.7.26: c. dat., S.OC722: with double Comp., ἕρποντι μᾶλλον ἆσσον Id.Ant.1210: Sup. ἄσσιστα A.Fr.6; ἄσιστα IG5(2).159.17 (Tegea), Michel1334 (Elis, iv B. C.).    II hence new Comp. ἀσσοτέρω, with or without gen., Od.19.506, 17.572; later Comp. Adj. ἀσσότερος, = ἐγγύτερος, Arat.878: Sup. Adv. ἀσσοτάτω AP9.430 (Crin.): Sup. Adj. ἀσσότατος ib.6.345 (Id.).

French (Bailly abrégé)

adv.
plus près avec ou sans mouv. ; μᾶλλον ἆσσον SOPH m. sign.
Étymologie: Cp. de ἄγχι.

English (Autenrieth)

(comp. of ἄγχι), double comp. ἆσσοτέρω: nearer, w. gen.; usually with ἰέναι, Il. 1.335.

English (Slater)

ἆσσον coni. Mommsen: †ἀνάσσων codd. (O. 13.107)

Spanish (DGE)

• Alolema(s): hiperdor. ἄσσιον Eust.1643.32
adv. compar. de ἄγχι más cerca con sent. hostil, sin rég. ἆ. ἰόνθ' Il.1.567, ἆ. ἴθ' Il.6.143, ἆ. ἴτω Il.23.667, οὔτ' ἆ. ἐλθεῖν Semon.8.33, c. gen. Ἀχαιοὶ τείχεος ἆ. ἴσαν Il.22.4, λαβόντα ... τὴν μάστιγα ἰέναι ἆ. αὐτῶν Hdt.4.3
•sin sent. hostil, sin rég. ἀσσονἰο ῖσ' ἁπαλᾶς χηρὸς λάβοι Alcm.3.Fr.3.80, Νύξ τε καὶ Ἡμέρη ἆ. ἰοῦσαι Hes.Th.748, ὑπεὶς τῆς ὀργῆς ἤιε ἆ. Hdt.3.52, ἆ. ... ἀκολουθεῖν I.AI 1.328, ἄραντες ἆ. παρελέγοντο τὴν Κρήτην Act.Ap.27.13, c. gen. οὐκ ἂν ἔγωγε Κρονίονος ἆ. ἱκοίμην Il.14.247, οὐδὲ πότ' ἀμβροσίης καὶ νέκταρος ἔρχεται ἆ. Hes.Th.796, ἆ. ... πυρός Semon.8.26, γυναῖχ' ὁρῶ στείχουσαν ἡμῶν ἆ. S.OC 312, τύμβου προσεῖρπον ἆ. S.El.900, σῶν ἆ. ἄντρων ἤλθομεν E.Cyc.255, τῶν ἆ. ὥρμει E.IA 291, ἥτις ἀνδρῶν ἆ. οὐκ ἐληλύθει de una mujer que no ha tenido trato con los hombres Ar.Eq.1306, στεῖχε δίκης ἆ. D.C.77.15.5, c. dat. ἆ. ἔρχεται Κρέων ὅδ' ἡμῖν S.OC 722, hipercar. c. otro compar. ἕρποντι μᾶλλον ἆ. S.Ant.1210, v. tb. ἀσσότερος.

English (Strong)

neuter comparative of the base of ἐγγύς; more nearly, i.e. very near: close.

English (Thayer)

adverb, nearer (comparative of ἄγχι near (cf. ἐγγύς)): st Ασσον (or Ασσον, which see), bez elz ἆσσον (cf. Tdf. at the passage); but see Meyer). (Homer, Herodotus, tragic poets; Josephus, Antiquities 19,2, 4.)