ΓΕΙΤΝΙΩΝΤΑ, γειτνιωντα
GEITNIŌNTA, geitniōnta
Sounds Like: gayt-nee-OHN-tah
Translations: neighboring, bordering, adjacent, being a neighbor
From the root: ΓΕΙΤΝΙΑΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'γειτνιάω', meaning 'to be a neighbor' or 'to border upon'. It describes something or someone that is neighboring, adjacent, or in close proximity to something else. It functions like an adjective, modifying a noun to indicate its close geographical or relational position.
Inflection: Present, Active, Accusative, Plural, Masculine or Neuter
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 10:240
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΕΙΤΝΙΑΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΓΕΙΤΝΙΑΩ — to be a neighbor, to be near, to border on, to be adjacent
- ΓΕΙΤΝΙΩΝΤΕΣ — being a neighbor, neighboring, bordering, adjoining
- ΓΕΙΤΝΙΩΝΤΩΝ — neighboring, adjacent, bordering, of those who are neighbors, of those who are adjacent
- ΓΕΙΤΝΙΩΣΗΣ — proximity, nearness, neighborhood, bordering
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