metoecus

Latin

Alternative forms

• metycus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέτοικος (métoikos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /meˈtoe̯.kus/, [mɛˈt̪oe̯kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈte.kus/, [meˈt̪ɛːkus]

Noun

metoecus m (genitive metoecī); second declension

1. a stranger dwelling in a city without citizenship

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	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.