γείτων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Beekes does not propose an etymology, and leaves its origin open, though notes that the seemingly-old ablaut in the suffix -των (-tōn) suggests ultimate Indo-European origin. In either case, not related to γεῖσον (geîson, “projecting part of a roof, cornice”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡěː.tɔːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.ton/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝi.ton/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝi.ton/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝi.ton/

Noun

γείτων • (geítōn) m or f (genitive γείτονος); third declension

neighbour

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ γείτων; τοῦ, τῆς γείτονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ γείτων ho, hē geítōn	τὼ γείτονε tṑ geítone	οἱ, αἱ γείτονες hoi, hai geítones
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς γείτονος toû, tês geítonos	τοῖν γειτόνοιν toîn geitónoin	τῶν γειτόνων tôn geitónōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ γείτονῐ tōî, tēî geítonĭ	τοῖν γειτόνοιν toîn geitónoin	τοῖς, ταῖς γείτοσῐ / γείτοσῐν toîs, taîs geítosĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν γείτονᾰ tòn, tḕn geítonă	τὼ γείτονε tṑ geítone	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς γείτονᾰς toùs, tā̀s geítonăs
Vocative	γεῖτον geîton	γείτονε geítone	γείτονες geítones
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ἀριστογείτων (Aristogeítōn)
ἀστυγείτων (astugeítōn)
γειτονῐ́ᾱ (geitonĭ́ā)

Descendants

Greek: γείτονας (geítonas)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γείτων, -ονος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 264

“γείτων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“γείτων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“γείτων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
γείτων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
γείτων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
γείτων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
“γείτων”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G1069 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- near idem, page 553.
- neighbour idem, page 555.
- neighbouring idem, page 555.

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γείτων, -ονος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 264

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