ἐγγύθι

From ἐγγύς (engús, “near”) +‎ -θι (-thi, “at”).

ἐγγῠ́θῐ • (engúthi)

1. near
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 6.317:

     οἵ οἱ ἐποίησαν θάλαμον καὶ δῶμα καὶ αὐλὴν ἐγγύθι τε Πριάμοιο καὶ Ἕκτορος ἐν πόλει ἄκρῃ

     hoí hoi epoíēsan thálamon kaì dôma kaì aulḕn engúthi te Priámoio kaì Héktoros en pólei ákrēi

     They had made him a chamber and hall and court near the palaces of Priam and Hector in the citadel.

   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 10.251:

     ἀλλ’ ἴομεν: μάλα γὰρ νὺξ ἄνεται, ἐγγύθι δ’ ἠώς

     all’ íomen: mála gàr nùx ánetai, engúthi d’ ēṓs

     Nay, let us go, for verily the night is waning and dawn draweth near.

Usually takes an object in the genitive case, but may take the dative case.

• ἐγγύθεν (engúthen)

• “ἐγγύθι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐγγύθι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐγγύθι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐγγύθι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἐγγύθι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)