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ἄγχιστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄγχιστος ἄγχιστη ἄγχιστον

Structure: ἀγχιστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/gxi

Sense

  1. nearest, nearest
  2. most nearly, next to
  3. most lately, but now, most recently

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓γχιστος ἄγχίστη ά̓γχιστον
Genitive ἀγχίστου ἄγχίστης ἀγχίστου
Dative ἀγχίστῳ ἄγχίστῃ ἀγχίστῳ
Accusative ά̓γχιστον ἄγχίστην ά̓γχιστον
Vocative ά̓γχιστε ἄγχίστη ά̓γχιστον
DualN/A/V ἀγχίστω ἄγχίστᾱ ἀγχίστω
G/D ἀγχίστοιν ἄγχίσταιν ἀγχίστοιν
PluralNominative ά̓γχιστοι ά̓́γχισται ά̓γχιστα
Genitive ἀγχίστων ἄγχιστῶν ἀγχίστων
Dative ἀγχίστοις ἄγχίσταις ἀγχίστοις
Accusative ἀγχίστους ἄγχίστᾱς ά̓γχιστα
Vocative ά̓γχιστοι ά̓́γχισται ά̓γχιστα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓γχιστος ἀγχίστου ἀγχιστότερος ἀγχιστοτέρου ἀγχιστότατος ἀγχιστοτάτου
Adverb ἀγχίστως ἀγχιστότερον ἀγχιστότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ οὐ γάρ τισ ταύτησ ἀμείνων γνώμη ἐδόκεε φαίνεσθαι, αὐτίκα πέμψαντεσ ἐδέοντο Αἰγινητέων ἐπικαλεόμενοι κατὰ τὸ χρηστήριόν σφι βοηθέειν, ὡσ ἐόντων ἀγχίστων· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 5, chapter 80 3:1)
  • ὅτ’ οὖν παραινοῦσ’ οὐδὲν ἐσ πλέον ποιῶ, πρὸσ σ’, ὦ Λύκει’ Ἄπολλον, ἄγχιστοσ γὰρ εἶ, ἱκέτισ ἀφῖγμαι τοῖσδε σὺν κατεύγμασιν, ὅπωσ λύσιν τιν’ ἡμὶν εὐαγῆ πόρῃσ· (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode4)

Synonyms

  1. nearest

  2. most lately

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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