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ἄγχιστος

agchistos

nearest, ever nigh, most nearly, next to, next of kin, nearest to what is right, most lately, but now

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ἄγχιστ-ος · anchist-os — LSJ

nearest, nearest, ever nigh

Sup. of ἄγχι, nearest: as Adj. not in Ep.; nearest in 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 nearest, most nearly, next to, next of kin

Hom. has only neut. as Adv., ἄγχιστον nearest, Od. 5.280; more commonly pl., ἄγχιστα ἐῴκει was most nearly like, Il. 2.58, 14.474; ἄ. ἐοικώς Od. 13.80; ἄ. ἐΐσκω 6.152, cf. Pi. I. 2.10: freq. c. gen., Διὸς ἄ. next to Zeus, A. Supp. 1035 (lyr.); ἄ. τοῦ βωμοῦ Hdt. 9.81; ἄ. οἰκεῖν τινος Id. 1.134, al., cf. Hp. Mul. 2.181:—οἱ ἄ. those next of kin, Hdt. 5.79; ἄ. ἦν αὐτῷ γένους Luc. Cat. 17; also τοὶ ʼς ἄσιστα πόθικες IG 5(2).159.17 (Tegea), cf. Jahresh. 1.197 (Elis).

2 nearest to what is right

nearest to what is right, ‘for choice’, Hp. Art. 14, cf. Acut. 57.

III most lately, but now, last, most recently

of Time, most lately, but now, ἄ . . . πόλεμος δέδηεν Il. 20.18; ὁ ἄ. ἀποθανών he who died last, Hdt. 2.143; τὰ ἄ. most recently, Antipho 2.1.6.

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