ἆσσον (Rec., after Vg., Ἄσσον), adv. (compar. of ἄγχι, near), nearer: Act.27:13 (RV, close in shore; see B1., § 11, 3; 44, 3; poets, Ion, and late prose).† (AS)
Thayer:
1) nearer
ἆσσον
asson
as'-son
Neuter comparative of the base of G1451; morenearly, that is, verynear
ἐγγύς
eggus
eng-goos'
From a primary verb ἄγχω agchō (to squeeze or throttle; akin to the base of G43); near (literally or figuratively, of place or time)