ἆσσον: Difference between revisions

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