A.from nigh at hand, ἐ. ἐλθεῖν to approach, Il.5.72; “ἐ. σκοπεῖν” S.Ph.467, cf. Th.3.13, Pl.Plt.289d, etc.
3. c. dat., ἐ. τινί hard by him, Il.17.554, etc.; “ἐπεὶ φόνος ἐ. αὐτῷ” 18.133, cf. 19.409: c. gen., “ἐ. Ἀρήνης” 11.723; “θνῄσκοντος ἐ. παρών” A.Ch.852.
4. of kinship, Od.7.205.