ἐγγίων,ον,ἔγγιστος,η,ον, Comp. and Sup.
Adj., formed fromAdv. ἐγγύς:—
A. 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, asAdv., Hp. Vict. 1.35 (also -υτόταταibid.), 2.44 , etc.; ἐξ ἐγγίονος
App. BC 4.108
;τοὺς ἔγγιστα τῆς Ἀττικῆς τόπουςDecr. ap. D. 18.165 ;οἱ ἔγγισταthenext of kin, Antipho 4.4.1 ;ἔγγιστα approximately, of numbers, Autol. 1.6 , Vett.Val. 153.21 , etc.;αἱ ἔγγιστα τᾶς τοῦ ἀμβλυγώνου κώνου τομᾶς asymptotesof the hyperbola, Archim. Con.Sph.Praef. ; of Time,next, forthcoming, ἡ ἔγγιστα ἀρίθμησις
POxy. 1258.7
(i A.D.).