ager militi metoeco (al. modico) est assignatus,
Front. de Colon. p. 134 Goes. (written mĕtycus, Gromat. Vet. 234, 19; 238, 7 Lachm.).Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.
Metic — Not to be confused with Métis. In ancient Greece, the term metic (Greek métoikos: from metá, indicating change, and oîkos dwelling )[1] referred to a resident alien, one who did not have citizen rights in his or her Greek city state (polis) of… … Wikipedia
metic — /met ik/, n. an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there. [1800 10; < LL metycus, var. of metoecus < Gk métoikos emigrant, equiv. to met MET + oikos dwelling] * * * (Greek, metoikos) Any resident… … Universalium
metic — (n.) resident alien in an ancient Greek state, 1808, from L.L. metycus, from Gk. metoikos, lit. one who has changed his residence, from meta change (see META (Cf. meta )) + oikos dwelling, from oikein to dwell (see VILLA (Cf … Etymology dictionary
met|ic — «MEHT ihk», noun. a resident alien in an ancient Greek city, having some of the privileges of citizenship: »A metic, or foreigner, could not be naturalized as an Athenian citizen, nor could his children become citizens (William F. McDonald).… … Useful english dictionary
