The corpus record

γειτνι-άω

geitniao

to be a neighbour, be adjacent

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Where it lives

Ichneutae 1 · 5.82/10k
Politics 8 · 1.22/10k
Machabaeorum II 1 · 0.87/10k

What it meant

γειτνι-άω · geitni-aō — LSJ

to be a neighbour, be adjacent

to be a neighbour, be adjacent, Ar. Ec. 327, D. 55.3, PTeb. 105.19 (ii B. C.), Plb. 6.33.10, Jul. Or. 5.168a, etc.:—chiefly in Prose, but Ep. part., γειτνιόωσαν πόντῳ IG 14.889 (Sinuessa).

II border on, resemble

border on, resemble, γ. τῇ πολιτείᾳ Arist. Pol. 1295a33; [τῷ καλῷ] Id. Rh. 1367b12; νόσος γειτνιῶσα θανάτῳ Ph. 2.548; τινὶ κακῷ Metrod. Herc. 831.3: later fut. -άσω Gal. 3.690: aor. ἐγειτνίᾱσα Ps.-Luc. Philopatr. 1.

In the wild

γειτνιῶντας · geitniōntas Aristotle, Politics 1265a (DIORISIS sentence 489)
γειτνιῶντας · geitniōntas Aristotle, Politics 1267a (DIORISIS sentence 564)
γειτνιῶντες · geitniōntes Aristotle, Politics 1269a (DIORISIS sentence 658)
γειτνιώσας · geitniōsas Aristotle, Politics 1269a (DIORISIS sentence 658)
γειτνιῶσι · geitniōsi Aristotle, Politics 1295a (DIORISIS sentence 1607)
γειτνιῶντες · geitniōntes Aristotle, Politics 1325a (DIORISIS sentence 2534)

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Where it came from

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