I.changing one's abode, emigrating and settling elsewhere, Hdt.
II.as Subst. μέτοικος, ἡ, an alien settled in a foreign city, a settler, emigrant, sojourner, Aesch., etc.; μ. γῆς one who has settled in a country, id=Aesch.
2.at Athens, a resident alien, who paid a tax (μετοίκιον), but enjoyed no civic rights, Thuc., etc.