αὐτοσχεδόν

English (LSJ)

Adv.

   A near at hand, hand to hand, in Hom. always of close fight, ξιφέεσσ' αὐ. οὐτάζοντο Il.7.273; δῄουν ἀλλήλους αὐ. 15.708; αὐ. ὡρμήθησαν 13.496, cf. Od.22.293:—once also αὐτοσχεδὰ δουρὶ . . ἐπόρουσε Il.16.319; cf. αὐτοσχέδιος.    2 c. gen., near, close to, ἀλλήλῶν Arat.901.    II of Time, on the spot, at once, A.R. 1.12, 3.148.