The corpus record

ἐγγύθεν

egguthen

from nigh at hand

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Where it lives

Iliad 29 · 2.6/10k
De Sensu et Sensibilibus 2 · 2.56/10k
Philoctetes 2 · 2.27/10k
Ion 2 · 2.19/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
Odyssey 13 · 1.5/10k
Josue (cod. Vat.) 2 · 1.5/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
Sophist 2 · 1.25/10k
Philebus 2 · 1.13/10k

Densest 12 of 29 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐγγύθεν · engythen — LSJ

from nigh at hand, approach

from nigh at hand, ἐ. ἐλθεῖν to approach, Il. 5.72; ἐ. σκοπεῖν S. Ph. 467, cf. Th. 3.13, Pl. Plt. 289d, etc.

2 hard by

with Verbs of rest, hard by, ἐ. ἱσταμένη Il. 10.508; ἐ. εἰσίν Od. 6.279.

3 hard by

c. dat., ἐ. τινί hard by him, Il. 17.554, etc.; ἐπεὶ φόνος ἐ. αὐτῷ 18.133, cf. 19.409: c. gen., ἐ. Ἀρήνης 11.723; θνῄσκοντος ἐ. παρών A. Ch. 852.

of kinship, Od. 7.205.

In the wild

ἐγγύθεν · engythen Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 851–853
ἐγγύθεν · engythen Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 973–975
ἐγγύθεν · engythen Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 57)
ἐγγύθεν · engythen Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 76)
ἐγγύθεν · engythen Aristotle, Metaphysics book 4 (DIORISIS sentence 965)
ἐγγύθεν · engythen Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.11 (DIORISIS sentence 8354)

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Where it came from

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