Quick Definition
ἐσχάτως Sup.adv. to be at the extremity
Strong's Definition
adverb from 2078; finally, i.e. (with 2192) at the extremity of life
KJV Usage: point of death
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
advb.
23.151 · Physiological Processes and States · Sickness, Disease, Weakness
Collocation: ἐσχάτως ἔχω
to be very sick, to be about to die (an idiom, literally: to be at an extreme) to be very sick, with the implication of imminent death
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐσχάτως, adv., extremely, [Xen. an. 2, 6, 1; Aristot., al. 1; exxdrws ἔχειν (in extremis esse), to be in the last gasp, at the point of death: Mk. ν. 23. Diod. excerpt. Vales. p. 242 [i. e. fr. 1. 10 § 2,4 Dind.]; Artem. oneir. 8,60. The phrase is censured by the Atticists; οἵ. Fischer, De vitiis lexx. ete. p. 704 sq.; Lob. ad Phryn. p. 389; Fritzsche on Mk. p. 178 sq.; [Win. 26].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐσχάτως eschatōs 1x
to be in the last extremity, Mk. 5:23*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἐσχάτως adv., extremely, utterly; ἐ. ἔχειν (= Lat. in extremis esse), only in late writers (cf. ἐν ἐσχάτοις εἶναι, FlJ, Ant., ix, 8, 6), to be at the point of death: Mk 5:23.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐσχάτως. The phrase ἐσχάτως ἔχειν, which in the NT occurs only in Mk 52", is censured by the Atticists, see Lobeck Phryn. p- 389, Rutherford WP p. 481. For other exx. of the intrans. use of ἔχω with an adv., see s.v. ἔχω.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐσχάτως (eschatōs) — extremely. Included with: ἔσχᾰτος, η, ον, also ος, ον [Refs 4th c.BC+](probably from ἐκ, ἐξ, perhaps eĝhzκατος (compare ἐχθός) like{ἔγ-κατα}):
I. of Space, as always in [Refs 8th c.BC+], farthest, uttermost, extreme, θάλαμος ἔ. the hindmost chamber, [Refs 8th c.BC+]at the end of the lines, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔσχατοι ἀνδρῶν, of the Aethiopians, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τάξις ἐ. the farthest part of the army, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐξ ἐσχάτων ἐς ἔσχατα ἀπικέσθαι from end to end, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—in various senses, uppermost, ἐ. πυρά [Refs 5th c.BC+]; lowest, deepest, ἀΐδας [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; innermost, σάρκες [Refs 5th c.BC+]; last, hindmost, ἤλαυνε δ᾽ ἔ. [Refs]; ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτῳ at the close of a document, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
I.2. of Degree, uttermost, highest, τὸ ἔ. κορυφοῦται βασιλεῦσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of misfortunes, sufferings, etc., utmost, last, worst, πόνος, ἀδικία, κίνδυνοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δῆμος ἔ. extreme democracy, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.2. b substantive, τὸ ἔ., τὰ ἔ., the utmost, ἐς τὸ ἔ. κακοῦ ἀπιγμένοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζημιοῦσθαι πᾶσι τοῖς ἐ., Latin extremis suppliciis, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔσχατ᾽ ἐσχάτων κακά worst of possible evils, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative οὔτε γὰρ τοῦ ἐσχάτου -ώτερον εἴη ἄν τι [Refs 4th c.BC+] falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.3. of Persons, lowest, meanest, [Refs 1st c.BC+] i.e. the meanest of mankind,[Refs 5th c.BC+] it seems to mean the remotest of mankind, compare πρὸς ἐσχάτην Μυσῶν variant in [Refs 1st c.AD+]
I.4. of Time, last, ἐς τὸ ἔ. to the end, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔ. πλόος, ναυτιλίαι, the end of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐσχάτας ὑπὲρ ῥίζας over the last scion of the race, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔ. Ἑλλήνων, Ῥωμαίων, [Refs 1st c.AD+] as adverb, for the last time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; finally, best of all, [NT]; at the latest, ἔ. ἐν τρισὶ μησίν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἰς τὴν ἐσχάτην at the last, [LXX]; ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτῳ[LXX] substantive ἐσχάτη, ἡ, end, οὐχ ἕξεις ἐ. καλήν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
I.5. in the Logic of [Refs 4th c.BC+] are the last or lowest species, [Refs]individuals, [Refs]
I.5. b ὁ ἔ. ὅρος the minor term of a syllogism, [Refs]
I.5. c last step in geometrical analysis or ultimate condition of action, τὸ ἔ. ἀρχὴ τῆς πράξεως [Refs]
II. adverb -τως to the uttermost, exceedingly, πῦρ ἐ. καίει [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. b -τως διακεῖσθαι to be at the last extremity, [NT+2nd c.BC+]
II.2. so ἐς τὸ ἔ.,=ἐσχάτως, [Refs 5th c.BC+]finally, in the end, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but, τὸ ἔ. what is worst of all, [Refs]