ἐγγύς [ῠ],Adv., Comp.
ἐγγυτέρω(
A.
-τέρῳ
Hell.Oxy. 6.3
), also -ύτερον
Pl. Lg. 704e : Sup.
ἐγγυτάτωor -ύτατα(first in Hp. , and Att. ); alsoἔγγῑον, 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; soλύπας ἐγγυτέρω nearer togrief, S. OC 1217 : c. dat., Il. 11.340 , E. Heracl. 37 ;ἐγγὺς ὁδῷdub. in IG 12.974 : 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