Ancient Greek

Adverb

ᾰ̓́γχῐ • ‎(ánkhi) (comparative ἆσσον; superlative ἄγχιστος)

1. (Poetic) near
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.185

     ἀλλά τις ἄγχι ἕστηκ᾽ ἀθανάτων νεφέλῃ εἰλυμένος ὤμους

     But one of the immortals stands near him, his shoulders wrapped in cloud.

   1. (of time)
      • 630 BCE – 570 BCE, Sappho, Papyrus Fragments 19.7
   2. like, resembling
      • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 6.9

        τεκμαίρει καί νυν Ἀλκιμίδας τὸ συγγενὲς ἰδεῖν ἄγχι καρποφόροις ἀρούραισιν

        Even now Alcimidas gives visible proof that his hereditary qualities are like the fruitful fields.

Usage notes

ἄγχι frequently takes a noun in the genitive case, in which case the noun usually follows ἄγχι.

Derived terms

Synonyms

• ἐγγύς ‎(engús)
• πέλας ‎(pélas)
• σχεδόν ‎(skhedón)
• πλήσιος ‎(plḗsios)
• ἀγχοῦ ‎(ankhoû)
• ἔμπλην ‎(émplēn)

Antonyms

• τηλοῦ ‎(tēloû)

References

• ἄγχι in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄγχι in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄγχι in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ἄγχι» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἄγχι» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• «ἄγχι» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• ἄγχι in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • near idem, page 553.