Dictionary entry

ἆσσον

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

* ἆσσον (Rec., after Vg., Ἄσσον),

adv. (compar. of ἄγχι, near),

nearer: Ac 27:13 (RV, close in shore; v. Bl., § 11, 3; 44, 3; poets, Ion, and late prose).†