γειτνιάω

geitniao

to be a neighbour, be adjacent

Appears 14 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 8
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Book II 4
Chapter 6 1264b26–1266a30

1265a21

Chapter 7 1266a31–1267b21

1267a19

Chapter 9 1269a29–1271b19

1269a40
1269b3
Book IV 1
Chapter 11 1295a25–1296b12

1295a33
Book VII 3
Chapter 2 1324a5–1325a15

1325a12

Chapter 10 1329a40–1330a33

1330a21

Chapter 12 1331a19–1331b23

1331a29
Meteorology 4
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Book I 2
Chapter 1 338a20–339a10

338b21

Chapter 13 349a12–351a18

350a5
Book II 2
Chapter 4 359b27–361b13

360b20

Chapter 8 365b21–369a9

368b15
History of Animals 2
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Book VIII 2
Chapter 28 605b22–607a8

605b26
606a1

Dictionary (LSJ)

γειτνιάω, pres. (3sg. impf. ἐγειτνία S. Ichn. 232, and v. sub fin.), Α. 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, 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.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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