ἐγγίων
From LSJ
Κύριε, σῶσον τὸν δοῦλον σου κτλ. → Lord, save your slave ... (mosaic inscription from 4th cent. church in the Negev)
English (LSJ)
ον, ἔγγιστος, η, ον, Comp. and Sup.Adj., formed from Adv. ἐγγύς:—
A nearer, nearest, οὐδὲν ἡμῖν ἐστὶν ἔγγιον ἡμῶν αὐτῶν Procl. in Alc.p.6C.; ἔτη δέκα τὰ ἔγγιστα IG7.2225.24 (Thisbe): neut. ἔγγιον, ἔγγιστα, as Adv., Hp.Vict.1.35 (also -υτότατα ibid.), 2.44, etc.; ἐξ ἐγγίονος App.BC4.108; τοὺς ἔγγιστα τῆς Ἀττικῆς τόπους Decr. ap. D.18.165; οἱ ἔγγιστα the next of kin, Antipho 4.4.1; ἔγγιστα approximately, of numbers, Autol.1.6, Vett.Val.153.21, etc.; αἱ ἔγγιστα τᾶς τοῦ ἀμβλυγώνου κώνου τομᾶς asymptotes of the hyperbola, Archim. Con.Sph.Praef.; of Time, next, forthcoming, ἡ ἔγγιστα ἀρίθμησις POxy.1258.7 (i A.D.).
