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