metic

English

Etymology

From Late Latin metycus (also metoecus), from Ancient Greek μέτοικος (métoikos, “foreigner, metic”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛtɪk/
• (General American, weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛtək/, [ˈmɛɾək]
• (intervocalic alveolar flapping) Homophone: medic
• Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

Noun

metic (plural metics)

1. (historical) In Ancient Greek city-states, a resident alien who did not have the rights of a citizen and who paid a tax for the right to live there.

Translations

resident alien in ancient Greece

• Danish: metoik (da)
• Dutch: metoik
• Finnish: metoikit
• French: métèque (fr)
• German: Metöke (de)
• Greek: μέτοικος (el) m (métoikos)

  Ancient: μέτοικος (métoikos)

• Italian: meteco (it) m
• Kabuverdianu:

  ALUPEC: métiku m

  Badiu: métiku m

  Santiago: métiku m

• Latin: metoecus
• Polish: metojk m
• Portuguese: meteco (pt) m
• Russian: мете́к (ru) m (metɛ́k)
• Spanish: meteco (es)

See also

• helot

Further reading

metic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia