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μέτοικος , , ,
A.settler from abroad, alien resident in a foreign city, denizen, A.Th.548, Supp.994, Hdt.4.151, etc.; esp. at Athens, Th. 2.13, And.1.15, etc.; ξένος λόγῳ μ., opp. ἐγγενής, S.OT452, cf. Ar. Ach.508, Eq.347, SIG799.25 (Cyzic., i A.D.); μ. γῆς one who has settled in a country, A.Pers.319; μ. δόμων, χώρας, Id.Ch.971 (lyr.), S.OC934; “ἐν τῇ τῶν πλησίονAnd.1.144; βροτοῖς οὔτε <νεκρὸς> νεκροῖσιν μέτοικος, οὐ ζῶσιν, οὐ θανοῦσιν whose home is neither with the living nor the dead, S.Ant.852 (lyr.): metaph., of birds, as sojourners in the heavens, A.Ag.57 (anap.).
2. occupant of the same house with another, Sammelb.5837 (ii A.D.).
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