ἄγχιστος

agchistos

nearest

Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 2 1
Chapter ?

258
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14474
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

2018
Odyssey 3
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Book 5 1
Chapter ?

5280
Book 6 1
Chapter ?

6152
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

1380

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄγχιστος, ον, Arc. ἄσιστος (v. sub fin.), Sup. of ἄγχι, A. 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. 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. nearestto what is right, ‘for choice’, Hp. Art. 14, cf. Acut. 57. III. 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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