I.sup., 2, v. n., to lie at or near, to be contiguous to, to border upon (most freq. used of the geog. position of a place).—Constr. with dat., acc., ad, or absol. (in the histt. very freq.).—
(α).
With dat.: “Tuscus ager Romano adjacet,” Liv. 2, 49, 9; “mari,” id. 26, 42, 4; Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 56; Front. Strat. 3, 9, 5: “cum Romani adjacerent vallo,” Tac. A. 1, 65: “munitionibus,” id. ib. 4, 48: “adjacet undis moles,” Ov. M. 11, 729: “quae adjacent torrenti Jeboc,” Vulg. Deut. 2, 37.—Trop.: “velle adjacet mihi,” Vulg. Rom. 7, 18; 7, 21.—
(β).
With acc.: “gentes, quae mare illud adjacent,” Nep. Tim. 2, 1: “Etruriam,” Liv. 7, 12, 6 (v. Alschefski and Weissenb. ad h. l.).—
(γ).
With ad: “ad Syrtim,” Mel. 1, 7, 2; so perh. also Caes. B. G. 6, 33, 2: quae (regio) ad Aduatucos adjacet (for the lect. vulg. Aduatucos or Aduatucis), and id. B. C. 2, 1; v. adigo fin.—
(δ).
Absol.: “adjacet (via) et mollior et magis trita,” Quint. 1, 6, 22: “adjacente Tiberi,” Tac. H. 2, 93; so, “adjacentes populi, i. q. propinqui,” contiguous, neighboring, Tac. A. 13, 55.—And adjăcentĭa , ium, n., the adjoining country: “lacum in adjacentia erupturum,” Tac. A. 1, 79; 5, 14: “projecto nitore adjacentia inlustrare,” Plin. 37, 9, 52, § 137.
