The corpus record

ἀγχοῦ

agchou

near

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Where it lives

Iliad 19 · 1.7/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Histories 22 · 1.2/10k
Odyssey 9 · 1.04/10k

What it meant

ἀγχοῦ · anchou — LSJ

near

= ἄγχι, near, freq. in Hom., usu. in phrase ἀγχοῦ δʼ ἱσταμένη (or -ος) Il. 2.172, al.; στεῦται δʼ Ὀδυσῆος ἀκοῦσαι ἀ. Od. 17.526, cf. 19.271; ἀ. καθῆσθαι Archil. Supp. 3.3, cf. S. Tr. 962: twice c. gen., Il. 24.709, Od. 6.5: c. dat., Pi. N. 9.40, Hdt. 3.85: in late Prose, λόγοι ἀ. τούτων Philostr. VA 6.16.

In the wild

ἀγχοῦ · anchou Herodotus, Histories 1.157.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1111)
ἀγχοῦ · anchou Herodotus, Histories 1.190.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1337)
ἀγχοῦ · anchou Herodotus, Histories 1.9.2 (DIORISIS sentence 64)
ἀγχοῦ · anchou Herodotus, Histories 2.130.2 (DIORISIS sentence 2480)
ἀγχοῦ · anchou Herodotus, Histories 3.111.3 (DIORISIS sentence 3724)
ἀγχοῦ · anchou Herodotus, Histories 3.78.2 (DIORISIS sentence 3467)

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Where it came from

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