ἆσσον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(Dor. ἄσσιον acc. to <span class="bibl">Eust.1643.32</span>), Adv. Comp. of [[ἄγχι]]:— <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[nearer]], especially of hostile approach, ἆσσον ἴτ' <span class="bibl">Il.1.567</span>, al., cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>748</span>; τείχεος ἆ. ἴσαν <span class="bibl">Il.22.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1306</span>; simply of approach, γυναῖχ' ὁρῶ στείχουσαν ἡμῶν ἆ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>312</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>900</span>; of a woman, ἥτις ἀνδρῶν ἆ. οὐκ ἐλήλυθεν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1306</span>; δίφρον ἆ. ἕλκεται πυρός <span class="bibl">Semon.7.26</span>: c. dat., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>722</span>: with double Comp., ἕρποντι μᾶλλον ἆσσον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1210</span>: Sup. ἄσσιστα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>6</span>; ἄσιστα <span class="title">IG</span>5(2).159.17 (Tegea), <span class="title">Michel</span>1334 (Elis, iv B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> hence new Comp. ἀσσοτέρω, with or without gen., <span class="bibl">Od.19.506</span>, <span class="bibl">17.572</span>; later Comp. Adj. ἀσσότερος, = [[ἐγγύτερος]], <span class="bibl">Arat.878</span>: Sup. Adv. ἀσσοτάτω <span class="title">AP</span>9.430 (Crin.): Sup. Adj. [[ἀσσότατος]] ib.<span class="bibl">6.345</span> (Id.).</span>