metoecus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέτοικος (métoikos).

Pronunciation

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

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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