Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐγγίων

; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγγίων

Etym.: comp. and Sup. adj., from adv. e)ggu/s,

Sense

  1. nearer, nearest

Examples

  • καὶ νῦν ὁ ἀληθῶσ ἀγχιστεὺσ ἐγώ εἰμι. καί γέ ἐστιν ἀγχιστεὺσ ἐγγίων ὑπὲρ ἐμέ. (Septuagint, Liber Ruth 3:12)
  • καὶ πρὸ τούτου Ἐλιασὶβ ὁ ἱερεὺσ οἰκῶν ἐν γαζοφυλακίῳ οἴκου Θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἐγγίων Τωβίᾳ (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 13:4)
  • "ὄψονται οἱ ἄλλοι, εἰ λυσιτελεῖ αὐτοῖσ παρὰ φύσιν ἔχειν καὶ διεξάγειν, ἐμοὶ δ’ οὐδείσ ἐστιν ἐγγίων ἐμοῦ. (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 11:2)
  • πόλισ ἐστὶν ἀρχαία τῶν Ιἑροσολύμων εἴκοσι πρὸσ τοῖσ πεντακοσίοισ ἀπέχουσα σταδίουσ ἀεὶ διὰ μίσουσ Ιοὐδαίοισ γεγενημένη, διὸ καὶ τότε ταῖσ πρώταισ ὁρμαῖσ ἐγγίων ἔδοξεν. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 16:1)
  • οὐ μὴν ὁ Σίμων ἠρέμει, καὶ γὰρ ἦν ἐγγίων τῇ πολιορκίᾳ, τὰ δ’ ἀφετήρια διίστησιν ἐπὶ τοῦ τείχουσ, ὅσα Κέστιόν τε ἀφῄρηντο πρότερον καὶ τὴν ἐπὶ τῆσ Ἀντωνίασ φρουρὰν ἑλόντεσ ἔλαβον. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 304:1)

Synonyms

  1. nearer

Related

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

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