ων, ἔγγιον, gén. ονος, seul. dans la loc. ἐξ ἐγγίονος, v. ἐγγύς.

ον, ἔγγιστος, η, ον, Comp. and Sup. Adj., formed from Adv. ἐγγύς : — nearer, nearest, οὐδὲν ἡμῖν ἐστὶν ἔγγιον ἡμῶν αὐτῶν Procl. in Alc. p. 6C. ; ἔτη δέκα τὰ ἔγγιστα IG 7.2225.24 (Thisbe); neut. ἔγγιον, ἔγγιστα, as Adv., Hp. Vict. 1.35 (also -υτότατα ibid.), 2.44, etc. ; ἐξ ἐγγίονος App. BC 4.108; τοὺς ἔγγιστα τῆς Ἀττικῆς τόπους Decr. ap. D. 18.165; οἱ ἔγγιστα the next of kin, Antipho 4.44.1; ἔγγιστα approximately, of numbers, Autol. 1.6, Vett.Val. 153.21, etc. ; αἱ ἔγγιστα τᾶς τοῦ ἀμβλυγώνου κώνου τομᾶς asymptotes of the hyperbola, Archim. Con. Sph. Praef. ; of Time, next, forthcoming, ἡ ἔγγιστα ἀρίθμησις POxy. 1258.7 (i AD).

comp. zu ἐγγύς.