ἆσσον
(Doric dialect ἄσσιον accusative to [[ 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1643.32), ] Refs]adverb comparative of ἄγχι:— nearer, especially of hostile approach, ἆσσον ἴτ᾽[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.567, +others, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 748; τείχεος ἆ. ἴσαν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.4, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.3, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1306] Refs 8th c.BC+]; simply of approach, γυναῖχ᾽ ὁρῶ στείχουσαν ἡμῶν ἆ.[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 312, compare “El.” 900 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a woman, ἥτις ἀνδρῶν ἆ. οὐκ ἐλήλυθεν[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1306; δίφρον ἆ. ἕλκεται πυρός 7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.26: with _dative_, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 722] Refs 7th c.BC+]: with double comparative, ἕρποντι μᾶλλον ἆσσον[[ [prev. author] “Ant.” 1210] Refs]: superlative ἄσσιστα[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 6; ἄσιστα “IG” 5(2).159.17 (from Tegea), “Michel” 1334 (Elis, 4th c.BC). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II hence new comparative ἀσσοτέρω, with or without genitive, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.506, 17.572] Refs 8th c.BC+]; later comparative adjective ἀσσότερος, ={ἐγγύτερος}, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 878] Refs 4th c.BC+]: superlative adverb ἀσσοτάτω[[ “Anthologia Graeca” 9.430 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Crinagoras Epigrammaticus): _superlative_ ] Refs 1st c.BC+]adjective ἀσσότατος[[ [prev. work] 6.345 ([prev. author]).] Refs]