Ancient Greek

Adverb

ἆσσον • ‎(âsson)

1. comparative degree of ἄγχι ‎(ánkhi): nearer
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.567

     μή νύ τοι οὐ χραίσμωσιν ὅσοι θεοί εἰσ᾽ ἐν Ὀλύμπῳ ἆσσον ἰόνθ᾽

     lest all the gods that are in Olympus avail you not against my drawing nearer

Usage notes

Often implies hostile approach.

Derived terms

• ἄσσιστα ‎(ássista)
• ἀσσοτέρω ‎(assotérō)
• ἀσσότερος ‎(assóteros)
• ἀσσοτάτω ‎(assotátō)
• ἀσσότατος ‎(assótatos)

References

• ἆσσον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἆσσον in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἆσσον in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ἆσσον» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἆσσον» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• «ἆσσον» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• ἆσσον in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G788”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • near idem, page 553.