metoecus

Latin

Alternative forms

metycus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέτοικος (métoikos).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /meˈtoe̯.kus/, [mɛˈt̪oe̯kʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈte.kus/, [meˈt̪ɛːkus]

Noun

metoecus m (genitive metoecī); second declension

a stranger dwelling in a city without citizenship

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	metoecus	metoecī
Genitive	metoecī	metoecōrum
Dative	metoecō	metoecīs
Accusative	metoecum	metoecōs
Ablative	metoecō	metoecīs
Vocative	metoece	metoecī

Descendants

→ Catalan: metec
→ English: metic
→ French: métèque
- → Romanian: metec

References

“metoecus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
metoecus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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