ἄσιστος

A. nearest: as Adj. not in Ep.; nearest in place, A. Ag. 256 (lyr.), S. OT 919; γένει ἄ. πατρός E. Tr. 48; τὸν ἄ. S. El. 1105; ever nigh, Pi. P. 9.64.

II. Hom. has only neut. as Adv., ἄγχιστον nearest, Od. 5.280; more commonly pl., ἄγχιστα ἐῴκει was most nearly like , Il. 2.58, 14.474; ἄ. ἐοικώς Od. 13.80; ἄ. ἐΐσκω 6.152, cf. Pi. I. 2.10: freq. c. gen., Διὸς ἄ. next to Zeus, A. Supp. 1035 (lyr.); ἄ. τοῦ βωμοῦ Hdt. 9.81; ἄ. οἰκεῖν τινος Id. 1.134, al., cf. Hp. Mul. 2.181:—οἱ ἄ. those next of kin, Hdt. 5.79; ἄ. ἦν αὐτῷ γένους Luc. Cat. 17; also τοὶ ’ς ἄσιστα πόθικες IG 5(2).159.17 (Tegea), cf.Jahresh. 1.197 (Elis).

2. nearestto what is right, 'for choice', Hp. Art. 14, cf. Acut. 57.

III. of Time, most lately, but now, ἄ . . . πόλεμος δέδηεν Il. 20.18; ὁ ἄ. ἀποθανών he who died last, Hdt. 2.143; τὰ ἄ. most recently, Antipho 2.1.6.