metoecus
Latin
Alternative forms
- metycus
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μέτοικος (métoikos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛˈtoe̯.kʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [meˈt̪ɛː.kus]
Noun
metoecus m (genitive metoecī); second declension
- a stranger dwelling in a city without citizenship
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | metoecus | metoecī |
| genitive | metoecī | metoecōrum |
| dative | metoecō | metoecīs |
| accusative | metoecum | metoecōs |
| ablative | metoecō | metoecīs |
| vocative | metoece | metoecī |
Descendants
References
- “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.