adv., plus près, avec mouv. IL. 1, 335, 567, etc. ; OD. 9, 380, etc. ; sans mouv. IL. 23, 97 ; avec un gén. IL. 22, 4 ; OD. 11, 89 ; HDT. 4, 3 ; SOPH. O.C. 312, etc. ; avec un double compar. μᾶλλον ἆσσον, SOPH. Ant. 1210.

Étym. cp. de ἄγχι ; cf. ἀσσότερος, ἀσσότατος.

(Dor. ἄσσιον acc. to Eust. 1643.32), Adv. Comp. of ἄγχι : — nearer, esp. of hostile approach, ἆσσον ἴτ’ Il. 1.567, al., cf. Hes. Th. 748; τείχεος ἆ. ἴσαν Il. 22.4, cf. Hdt. 4.3, Ar. Eq. 1306; simply of approach, γυναῖχ’ ὁρῶ στείχουσαν ἡμῶν ἆ. S. OC 312, cf. El. 900; of a woman, ἥτις ἀνδρῶν ἆ. οὐκ ἐλήλυθεν Ar. Eq. 1306; δίφρον ἆ. ἕλκεται πυρός Semon. 7.26; c. dat., S. OC 722; with double Comp., ἕρποντι μᾶλλον ἆσσον Id. Ant. 1210; Sup. ἄσσιστα A. Fr. 6; ἄσιστα IG 5(2).159.17 (Tegea), Michel 1334 (Elis, iv BC). hence new Comp. ἀσσοτέρω, with or without gen., Od. 19.506, 17.572; later Comp. Adj. ἀσσότερος, = ἐγγύτερος, Arat. 878; Sup. Adv. ἀσσοτάτω AP 9.430 (Crin.); Sup. Adj. ἀσσότατος ib. 6.345 (Id.).

Kompar. zu ἄγχι.

ἆσσον (Rec., after Vg., Ἄσσον),
adv. (compar. of ἄγχι, near),
nearer: Act.27:13 (RV, close in shore; see B1., § 11, 3; 44, 3; poets, Ion, and late prose).†
(AS)