The corpus record

γειτνί-ᾱσις

geitniasis · ἡ

neighbourhood, proximity

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Where it lives

Eudemian Ethics 2 · 0.77/10k
Politics 1 · 0.15/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
Enneads 2 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

γειτνί-ᾱσις · geitni-asis — LSJ

neighbourhood, proximity

= γειτονία, neighbourhood, proximity, Arist. PA 672b28, etc.

2 a neighbourhood, district

a neighbourhood, district, OGI 483.28, 32 (Pergam., ii B. C.), Ph. 2.475 (pl.), Plu. Cor. 24; βαρβαρικαὶ γ. Id. Per. 19.

II proximity, resemblance

proximity, resemblance, κατὰ τὴν γ. καὶ ὁμοιότητα Arist. EE 1232a21, cf. Pol. 1257a2, J. AJ 12.2.9.

In the wild

γειτνίασιν · geitniasin Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
γειτνίασιν · geitniasin Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
γειτνίασιν · geitniasin Aristotle, Politics 1257a (DIORISIS sentence 188)
γειτνίασιν · geitniasin Epictetus, Discourses 2.4 (DIORISIS sentence 1974)
γειτνιάσεως · geitniaseōs Plotinus, Enneads 1.2 (DIORISIS sentence 148)
γειτνιάσεως · geitniaseōs Plotinus, Enneads 3.6 (DIORISIS sentence 1963)

Where it came from

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