μέτοικος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

μετα- (meta-, indicating change) + οἶκος (oîkos, home)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μέτοικος • (métoikos) m or f (genitive μετοίκου); second declension (Ionic, Attic, Koine)

  1. metic; settler from abroad, alien resident in a foreign city-state, denizen, immigrant
  2. (Koine only, rare) occupant of the same house
    • Sammelb. 5837

Inflection

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of settler from abroad): ἐγγενής (engenḗs)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Dutch: metoik
  • Latin: metoecus, metycus, metycus

References

Greek

Etymology

Learnely, from Ancient Greek μέτοικος (métoikos, foreigner, metic).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈme.ti.kos/
  • Hyphenation: μέ‧τοι‧κος

Noun

μέτοικος • (métoikos) m or f (plural μέτοικοι)

  1. (historical) metic (Ancient Greece)
  2. immigrant

Declension

For masculine:

For feminine:

  • μετοικεσία f (metoikesía)
  • μετοίκηση f (metoíkisi)
  • μετοικώ (metoikó)
  • and see: μετά (metá, after) & οίκος m (oíkos, house, formal)
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