ΓΕΙΤΝΙΩΣΙ, γειτνιωσι
GEITNIŌSI, geitniōsi
Sounds Like: gayt-NEE-oh-see
Translations: they are neighbors, they border on, they are adjacent to
From the root: ΓΕΙΤΝΙΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the state of being a neighbor or being adjacent to something. It is used to indicate proximity or a bordering relationship between entities. For example, it could be used to say 'they are neighbors to the city' or 'they border on the sea'.
Inflection: Third Person Plural, Present Indicative, Active Voice
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:177
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΕΙΤΝΙΑΖΩ.
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.
- ΓΕΙΤΝΙΑΖΩ — to be a neighbor, to be near, to border on, to be adjacent
- ΓΕΙΤΝΙΑΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having been neighbors, having bordered, having been adjacent
- ΓΕΙΤΝΙΑΣΕΙ — will be a neighbor, will be near, will border on, will adjoin
- ΓΕΙΤΝΙΩΝΤΑΣ — being a neighbor, neighboring, bordering, being near
- ΓΕΙΤΝΙΩΣΑΝ — neighboring, adjacent, bordering, a neighboring, an adjacent
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