γείτων, ονος, ὁ, ἡ,
neighbour, borderer, γείτονες ἠδὲ ἔται Μενελάου [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.16, compare 9.48, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 346, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to σύνοικος, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 696b; γ. τινός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1451, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.4; τινί [prev. work] 2.3.18 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ τῶν γ. or ἐκ γειτόνων from or in the neighbourhood, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 435, etc.; οἷον ἐκ γ. φωνὴν θηρευόμενοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 531a; λύχνον ἐκ τῶν γ. ἐνάψασθαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.14; ἐκ γ. τῆς πατρίδος μετοικεῖν 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 21, compare 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 10.4.12; rarely ἀπὸ γ. 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.84 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν γειτόνων (i.e. οἴκοις) οἰκεῖν [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 27, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philops.” 25, etc.; τὸ χωρίον τὸ ἐν γ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 53.10: _metaphorically_, ἐν γ. εἶναι] Refs 4th c.BC+] to be of like kind, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Icar.” 8: proverbial, μέγα γείτονι γείτων 7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 50, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.87. ] Refs 7th c.BC+]
__II as adjective, neighbouring, bordering, πόλις, πόντος, [[ [prev. author] “P.” 1.32, “N.” 9.43 ] Refs]; χώρα, πύλαι, ῥοαί, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 67 (Lyric poetry), “Th.” 486, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 418 (Lyric poetry): with _dative_, Ἀθήναις γ. πόλις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 294; νεκροῖσι γ. θᾶκοι [prev. author] “HF” 1097 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in Prose, ἡ γ. πόλις [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 877b; οἱ γ. βάρβαροι 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.72c: _neuter_ γεῖτον 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus: _neuter_ _plural_ γείτω “IG” 2.814a B 36. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]