Plato Greek Lexicon μέτοικος

μέτοικος

metoikos

settler from abroad, alien resident in a foreign city, denizen

Appears 14 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

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. OT 452, cf. Ar. Ach. 508, Eq. 347, SIG 799.25 (Cyzic., i A.D.); μ. γῆς one who has settled in a country, A. Pers. 319; μ. δόμων, χώρας, Id. Ch. 971 (lyr.), S. OC 934; ἐν τῇ τῶν πλησίον And. 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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