ἐγγίων: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, ἔγγιστος, η, ον, Comp. and Sup.Adj., formed from Adv. <b class="b3">ἐγγύς</b>:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">nearer, nearest</b>, οὐδὲν ἡμῖν ἐστὶν ἔγγιον ἡμῶν αὐτῶν <span class="bibl">Procl. <span class="title">in Alc.</span>p.6C.</span>; ἔτη δέκα τὰ ἔγγιστα <span class="title">IG</span>7.2225.24 (Thisbe): neut. <b class="b3">ἔγγιον, ἔγγιστα</b>, as Adv., <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Vict.</span>1.35</span> (also -υτότατα ibid.), <span class="bibl">2.44</span>, etc.; ἐξ ἐγγίονος <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>4.108</span>; <b class="b3">τοὺς ἔγγιστα τῆς Ἀττικῆς τόπους</b> Decr. ap. <span class="bibl">D.18.165</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ ἔγγιστα</b> the <b class="b2">next of kin</b>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 4.4.1</span>; <b class="b3">ἔγγιστα</b> <b class="b2">approximately</b>, of numbers, <span class="bibl">Autol.1.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.153.21</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">αἱ ἔγγιστα τᾶς τοῦ ἀμβλυγώνου κώνου τομᾶς</b> <b class="b2">asymptotes</b> of the hyperbola, Archim. <span class="title">Con.Sph.Praef.</span>; of Time, <b class="b2">next, forthcoming</b>, ἡ ἔγγιστα ἀρίθμησις <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1258.7</span> (i A.D.).</span>