Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μεταγειτνιών

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεταγειτνιών μεταγειτνιῶνος

Structure: μεταγειτνιων (Stem)

Etym.: gei/twn

Sense

  1. flitted and changed their neighbours.

Examples

  • τῆσ δ’ αὐτῆσ ἡμέρασ ταύτησ ἐν τῷ Μεταγειτνιῶνι κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν ἐνιαυτὸν οἱ μετ’ Ἀρχιδάμου διαβάντεσ εἰσ Ἰταλίαν ὑπὸ τῶν ἐκεῖ βαρβάρων διεφθάρησαν. (Plutarch, Camillus, chapter 19 5:3)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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