A.change one's abode, remove to a place, c. acc. loci, E.Hipp. 837 (lyr.): c. dat. loci, settle in, Pi.P.9.83.
II. abs., to be a settler, reside in a foreign city, IG l.c., etc.; “τοὺς μετοικοῦντας ξένους” E.Supp. 892; opp. πολιτεύεσθαι, Lys.12.20; “μ. γῆς” A.Supp.609; “μ. ἐν τῇ πόλει” Lys.5.2; “ἐν Μιλήτῳ ἔτη πέντε” SIG633.60 (Milet., ii B.C.); “ταύτῃ” Ar.Av.1319 (lyr.); “Ἀθήνῃσι” D.49.26; “παρ᾽ ἑτέροις” Isoc.Ep.8.4.