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ἄγχι

agchi

near

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Where it lives

Odyssey 32 · 3.68/10k
Iliad 29 · 2.6/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

1. ἄγχι · anchi — Beekes

ἄγχι [adv., prep.] ‘near’ (IL.). <1 *h,em¢"- ‘tie, betroth’> eCOMP ἀγχέ-μαχος (1].) probably after τηλέ-μαχος (only as a PN), see Triimpy 1950: 1131, eDER Further adverbial forms ἀγχό-θι, -θεν; ἀγχοῦ. Comp. ἄσσον, ἀσσοτέρω, superl. ἄγχιστα, -ov, also ἄσσιστα, Elean ἀσιστα (see Peters 1980a: 288). From the superl. ἀγχιστῖνος ‘near each other’ (IL), see Chantraine 1933: 204. On Locr. ἀγχιστεδᾶν = ἀγχιστήδᾶν see … — [Beekes, s.v. ἄγχι, p. 64]

2. ἄγχι · anchi — Chantraine

ἄγχι : «auprès » adv. homérique et poétique souvent accompagné d'un gén. Comp. : ἄσσον ou ἄσσον (pour l'accent, voir Lez. Ep. s.v.) ; superl. (créé sur le comparatif) : ἄσσιστα Æsch. et dial. arcadien et éléen (Schwyzer 57B et 424}: d'où ἀσσοτέρω (Hom.), ἀσσοτάτω (A.P.), et ἀσσότερος (Arat.), ἀσσότατος (A.P.); superl. normal ἄγχιστον, ἄγχιστα (Hom., ete.) d'où ἄγχιστος plus tardif et plus rare. Composés, surtout … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἄγχι, p. 30]

3. ἄγχι · anchi — Frisk

ἄγχι Adv.u. Präp. “nahe’ (poet. seit Il.). Daneben ἀγχό-ϑι, "Dev, ἀγχοῦ. Komp. ἄσσον, ἀσσοτέρω, Sup. ἄγχιστα, -0%, Wozu das adjektivische äyxıoros (mit ἀγχιστεύω, -ela, -εύς U.2.), auch ἄσσιστα nach ἄσσον. Schwyzer-Debrunner 547 mit weiteren Hinweisen, außerdem Seiler Steigerungsformen 44ff. Von ἄγχιστα wurde dyxıorivos ‘nahe beieinander’ (Hom.) gebildet (Chantraine Formation 204, Schwyzer 491; unrichtig Fraenkel … — [Frisk, s.v. ἄγχι, p. 47]

4. ἄγχι · anchi — Frisk

ἄγχι kann als erstarrter Lokativ eines Wurzelnomens (Bed.?) zu &yxw erklärt werden (Schwyzer 622), sofern man nicht vorzieht, darin eine direkte Bildung zu ἄγχω nach πέρι, ἄντι zu sehen. — ἀγχέ-μαχος (Il. usw.) wohl nach τηλέuoxos (nur als PN bekannt), s. Schulze Kl. Schr. 128, Trümpy Fachausdrücke 113f. — [Frisk, s.v. ἄγχι, p. 47]

5. ἄγχι · anchi — Frisk

ἄγχι. Anders über ἀγχιστέδαᾶν Szemerönyi Syncope 93f. — [Frisk, s.v. ἄγχι, p. 2144]

6. ἄγχῐ · anchi — LSJ

near

near, Il. 5.185, Od. 3.449, etc.:—freq. c. gen., which sts. precedes, Ἕκτορος ἄ. Il. 8.117, cf. Od. 4.370; but usu. follows, ἄ. νεῶν Il. 10.161, etc.; ἄ. πελαγίας ἁλός A. Pers. 467; ἄ. πλευμόνων Id. Ch. 639 ; ἄ. γῆς S. OC 399.

of Time, ἄ. γὰρ ἀμέρα Sapph. Supp. 19.7.

II like

of resemblance, like, c. dat., Pi. N. 6.9.—For Comp. and Sup. v. ἆσσον, ἄγχιστος.

In the wild

ἄγχι · anchi Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 639–640
ἄγχι · anchi Aeschylus, Persians 466–467
ἄγχι · anchi Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2461)
ἄγχι · anchi Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5178)
ἄγχʼ · anchʼ Works and Days 639–640
ἄγχι · anchi Iliad 10.161

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἄγχι (scan p. 64; entry #119).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἄγχι (scan p. 30; entry #97).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἄγχι (scan p. 47; entry #98).

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