ἐγγίων: Difference between revisions

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