ἐγγύς

ἐγγύς [pron. full] [ῠ], Adv., [comp] Comp. ἐγγυτέρω (

A

-τέρῳ Hell.Oxy.6.3

), also -ύτερον Pl.Lg.704e: [comp] Sup. ἐγγυτάτω or -ύτατα (first in Hp., and [dialect] Att.); also ἔγγῑον, ἔγγιστα (v. ἐγγίων).

I 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 λύπας ἐγγυτέρω nearer to grief, S.OC1217: c. dat., Il.11.340, E.Heracl.37; ἐγγὺς ὁδῷ dub. in IG12.974: mostly with Verbs of rest, ἐ. ἑστάναι, παρεστάναι, A.Pers.686, Eu.65; but

ἐ. χωρεῖν Id.Th.59

: c. gen.,

οἱ ἐγγυτάτω τῆς ἀγορᾶς κατεσκευασμένοι Lys.24.20

, etc.

II of Time, nigh at hand, Il.22.453;

ἐ. ἡμῖν ὁ ἀγών X.Cyr.2.3.2

.

III of Numbers, etc., nearly,

ἔτεσι ἐ. εἴκοσι Th.6.5

;

μισθὸς ἐ. ἐνιαυτοῦ X.HG3.1.28

: generally, nearly, almost,

ἐ. ἔγνως S.Ichn.301

; οὐδ' ἐ. τινος not nearly, i. e. not by a great deal, nothing like it, Pl.Smp.198b; ἔχει οὐχ οὕτω ταῦτα οὐδ' ἐ. not so . . nor yet nearly so, D.21.30;

οὐκ ἐποίουν τοῦτο, οὐδ' ἐ. Id.18.96

; mostly, Hp.Mochl.34.

IV of Qualities, coming near,

ἐ. τι καὶ παραπλήσιον Pl.Grg.520a

; ἐγγύτατα τοῦ νῦν τρόπου, τῆς ξυμπάσης γνώμης, Th.1.13,22;

ὅτι ἐγγύτατα τούτων Id.7.86

;

κοινῇ δὲ πᾶσιν οὐδεὶς ἐγγυτέρω D.18.288

;

δοκεῖς δηλῶσαι ἐγγύτατα τὴν ῥητορικήν Pl.Grg.452e

; ἐ. εἶναι, c. gen., Id.Phd.116b;

ἐ. τυφλῶν Id.R. 508c

; ἐ. τι τείνειν τοῦ τεθνάναι very near death, Id.Phd.65a;

κακῶς παθεῖν ἐγγύτατα D.21.123

.

V of Relationship, akin to,

οἱ Ζηνὸς ἐ. A.Fr.162

; ἐγγυτέρω γένει or γένους, Pl.Ap.30a, Is.3.72;

ἐγγύτατα γένους A.Supp.388

, Lys.Fr.41, Pl.Hp.Ma.304d;

ἐγγυτάτω γένους IG12.77

, Ar.Av.1666.