Ἄγχιστα

closest, very close

Translated by William Hutton30 Oct 2000Vetting: high3 revisions

3 words

[Meaning] nearest/very near.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἄγχιστα· ἔγγιστα.

Betacode

*)/agxista: e)/ggista.

Neuter plural of the adjective a)/gxistos, used adverbially in epic (see LSJ s.v.). Likewise or similarly in other lexica and grammars (references at Photius alpha295 Theodoridis), and in the scholia to Homer, Iliad 2.58, where it occurs.
cf. generally alpha 394.