Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek μέτοικος (métoikos).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

metoecus m (genitive metoecī); second declension

  1. a stranger dwelling in a city without citizenship

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative metoecus metoecī
Genitive metoecī metoecōrum
Dative metoecō metoecīs
Accusative metoecum metoecōs
Ablative metoecō metoecīs
Vocative metoece metoecī

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: metec
  • English: metic
  • French: métèque

References edit

  • 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