ἐγγύς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῠ], Adv., Comp. <b class="b3">ἐγγυτέρω</b> (<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> -τέρῳ <span class="title">Hell.Oxy.</span>6.3), also -ύτερον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>704e</span>: Sup. <b class="b3">ἐγγυτάτω</b> or -ύτατα (first in Hp., and Att.); also <b class="b3">ἔγγῑον, ἔγγιστα</b> (v. <b class="b3">ἐγγίων</b>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> of Place, <b class="b2">near, nigh, at hand</b>: freq. in Hom., ἐ. γὰρ νυκτός τε καὶ ἤματός εἰσι κέλευθοι <span class="bibl">Od.10.86</span>: c. gen., <b class="b2">hard by, near to</b>; so <b class="b3">λύπας ἐγγυτέρω</b> <b class="b2">nearer to</b> grief, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1217</span>: c. dat., <span class="bibl">Il.11.340</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>37</span>; <b class="b3">ἐγγὺς ὁδῷ</b> dub. in <span class="title">IG</span>12.974: mostly with Verbs of rest, <b class="b3">ἐ. ἑστάναι, παρεστάναι</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>686</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>65</span>; but ἐ. χωρεῖν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>59</span>: c. gen., οἱ ἐγγυτάτω τῆς ἀγορᾶς κατεσκευασμένοι <span class="bibl">Lys.24.20</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of Time, <b class="b2">nigh at hand</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.22.453</span>; ἐ. ἡμῖν ὁ ἀγών <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.3.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> of Numbers, etc., [[nearly]], ἔτεσι ἐ. εἴκοσι <span class="bibl">Th.6.5</span>; μισθὸς ἐ. ἐνιαυτοῦ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>3.1.28</span>: generally, [[nearly]], [[almost]], ἐ. ἔγνως S.<span class="title">Ichn.</span>301; <b class="b3">οὐδ' ἐ. τινος</b> not [[nearly]], i. e. not <b class="b2">by a great deal</b>, nothing [[like]] it, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>198b</span>; <b class="b3">ἔχει οὐχ οὕτω ταῦτα οὐδ' ἐ</b>. not so . . nor yet <b class="b2">nearly so</b>, <span class="bibl">D.21.30</span>; οὐκ ἐποίουν τοῦτο, οὐδ' ἐ. <span class="bibl">Id.18.96</span>; [[mostly]], Hp.<span class="title">Mochl.</span>34. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> of Qualities, <b class="b2">coming near</b>, ἐ. τι καὶ παραπλήσιον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>520a</span>; <b class="b3">ἐγγύτατα τοῦ νῦν τρόπου, τῆς ξυμπάσης γνώμης</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.13</span>,<span class="bibl">22</span>; ὅτι ἐγγύτατα τούτων <span class="bibl">Id.7.86</span>; κοινῇ δὲ πᾶσιν οὐδεὶς ἐγγυτέρω <span class="bibl">D.18.288</span>; δοκεῖς δηλῶσαι ἐγγύτατα τὴν ῥητορικήν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>452e</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. εἶναι</b>, c. gen., <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phd.</span>116b</span>; ἐ. τυφλῶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span> 508c</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. τι τείνειν τοῦ τεθνάναι</b> <b class="b2">very near</b> death, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phd.</span>65a</span>; κακῶς παθεῖν ἐγγύτατα <span class="bibl">D.21.123</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> of Relationship, <b class="b2">akin to</b>, οἱ Ζηνὸς ἐ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>162</span>; <b class="b3">ἐγγυτέρω γένει</b> or <b class="b3">γένους</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>30a</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.3.72</span>; ἐγγύτατα γένους <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>388</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.<span class="title">Fr.</span>41</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Hp.Ma.</span>304d</span>; ἐγγυτάτω γένους <span class="title">IG</span>12.77, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1666</span>.</span>