ἄγχιστ-ος,ον, Arc.
ἄσιστος(v. sub fin.), Sup. of
ἄγχι,
A. nearest: asAdj.not in Ep. ;nearestin place, A. Ag. 256 (lyr.), S. OT 919 ; γένει ἄ. πατρός
E. Tr. 48
; τὸν ἄ.
S. El. 1105
;ever nigh, Pi. P. 9.64 .
II.
Hom. has only neut. asAdv.,ἄγχιστον nearest, Od. 5.280 ; more commonly pl.,ἄγχιστα ἐῴκειwasmost nearly like, Il. 2.58 , 14.474 ; ἄ. ἐοικώς
Od. 13.80
; ἄ. ἐί̈σκω
6.152
, cf. Pi. I. 2.10 : freq. c. gen.,Διὸς ἄ. next toZeus, A. Supp. 1035 (lyr.); ἄ. τοῦ βωμοῦ
Hdt. 9.81
; ἄ. οἰκεῖν τινος