The corpus record

ἐγγίων

eggion

nearer, nearest

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Where it lives

Ruth 1 · 5.21/10k
De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k
Categories 1 · 1/10k
Esdras II 1 · 0.84/10k
Regnorum III 1 · 0.52/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k
Politics 1 · 0.15/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — LSJ

nearer, nearest, next of kin, approximately, asymptotes, next, forthcoming

nearer, nearest, οὐδὲν ἡμῖν ἐστὶν ἔγγιον ἡμῶν αὐτῶν Procl. in Alc. p.6C.; ἔτη δέκα τὰ ἔγγιστα IG 7.2225.24 (Thisbe): neut. ἔγγιον, ἔγγιστα, as Adv., Hp. Vict. 1.35 (also -υτότατα ibid.), 2.44, etc.; ἐξ ἐγγίονος App. BC 4.108; τοὺς ἔγγιστα τῆς Ἀττικῆς τόπους Decr. ap. D. 18.165; οἱ ἔγγιστα the next of kin, Antipho 4.4.1; ἔγγιστα approximately, of numbers, Autol. 1.6, Vett.Val. 153.21, etc.; αἱ ἔγγιστα τᾶς τοῦ ἀμβλυγώνου κώνου τομᾶς asymptotes of the hyperbola, Archim. Con.Sph.Praef.; of Time, nex

In the wild

ἔγγιον · engion Aristotle, Categories (DIORISIS sentence 24)
ἔγγιόν · engion Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 134)
ἔγγιον · engion Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1168b (DIORISIS sentence 3287)
ἔγγιον · engion Aristotle, Politics 1303a (DIORISIS sentence 1868)
ἐγγίων · engiōn Epictetus, Discourses 4.6 (DIORISIS sentence 6647)
ἐγγίων · engiōn Septuaginta, Esdras II 23

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