ἐγγύς
Etym. also ἔγγι_ον, ἔγγιστα
I. of Place, "near, nigh, at hand", Hom.; c. gen. "hard by, near to", id=Hom., Soph.; also c. dat., Eur.
II. of Time, "nigh at hand", Hom., Xen.
III. of Numbers, etc., "nearly", Thuc., Xen.; οὐδ᾽ ἐγγύς i. e. not "by a great deal, nothing like it", Plat., Dem.; ἐγγὺς τοῦ τεθνάναι "very nearly" dead, Plat.
IV. of Relationship, "akin to", Aesch., Plat.
Etym. From the same Root as ἄγχι, cf. ἄγχιστος, ἔγγιστος.