"ἐγγύς" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἐγγύς in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /eŋ.ɡýs/, /eɲˈɟys/, /eɲˈɟis/, /eŋ.ɡýs/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /eŋˈɡys/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /eɲˈɟys/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /eɲˈɟys/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /eɲˈɟis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: ἐγγῠ́ς [canonical], engús [romanization]
Etymology: Seems to be from ἐν (en, “in, at”) + Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“hand; to curve”) (whence γυῖον (guîon, “hand”), ἐγγῠ́η (engúē, “pledge, security”)), thus meaning "at hand (i.e. nearby)". Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-pro|*gew-|t=hand; to curve}} Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“hand; to curve”) Head templates: {{head|grc|adverb|head=ἐγγῠ́ς}} ἐγγῠ́ς • (engús)
  1. near
    (of place)
    Sense id: en-ἐγγύς-grc-adv-Rro0dwvM Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 20 20 20 20
  2. near
    (of time)
    Sense id: en-ἐγγύς-grc-adv-Rro0dwvM1 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 20 20 20 20
  3. near
    (of numbers)
    Sense id: en-ἐγγύς-grc-adv-Rro0dwvM1 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 20 20 20 20
  4. near
    (of qualities)
    Sense id: en-ἐγγύς-grc-adv-Rro0dwvM1 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 20 20 20 20
  5. near
    (of relationships) akin
    Sense id: en-ἐγγύς-grc-adv-lFGKDwzf Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 20 20 20 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ἐγγῐ́ζω (engízō)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 10.86"
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          "text": "406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1217"
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          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 11.340"
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          "text": "430 BCE, Euripides, Herakles' Children 37"
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          "text": "472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 686"
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          "text": "458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 65"
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          "text": "380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 520A"
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          "text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.13"
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          "text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.22"
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          "text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 7.86"
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          "text": "330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 288"
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          "text": "380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 452E"
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          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 116B"
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          "text": "380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 508C"
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          "text": "400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Apology 30A"
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          "text": "4th century BC, Isaeus, Pyrrhus 72"
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          "text": "470 BCE, Aeschylus, The Suppliants 388"
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          "text": "390 BCE, Plato, Hippias Major 304D"
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          "text": "414 BCE, Aristophanes, The Birds 1666"
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      "ipa": "/eŋ.ɡýs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eɲˈɟys/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eɲˈɟis/"
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      "ipa": "/eŋ.ɡýs/",
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      "ipa": "/eŋˈɡys/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
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      "ipa": "/eɲˈɟis/",
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          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 10.86"
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