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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