metic

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 m

Kabuverdianu: ALUPEC: métiku m Badiu: métiku m Santiago: métiku m Latin: metoecus Portuguese: meteco m Russian: мете́к (ru) m (metɛ́k) Spanish: metic

Further reading

metic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia