metic

[ met-ik ]

/ ˈmɛt ɪk /

noun

an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.

Origin of metic

1800–10; <Late Latin metycus, variant of metoecus<Greek métoikos emigrant, equivalent to met-met- + -oikos dwelling

Words nearby metic

methylthionine chloride, methyl transferase, methyltrinitrobenzene, methyl violet, methysergide, metic, metical, meticulous, métier, me time, Metis

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Example sentences from the Web for metic

This shall be the second law: He who engages in retail trade must be either a metic or a stranger.
Laws|Plato
Plato never thinks of making the metic, much less the slave, a citizen.
Laws|Plato
A metic must purchase the choice fruit; but a stranger may pluck for himself and his attendant.
Laws|Plato
It is Plato's greatest concession to the metic, as the bestowal of freedom is his greatest concession to the slave.
Laws|Plato

The freed man, when liberated, does not become a citizen, but is only a non-citizen or metic.
Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume IV (of 4)|George Grote

British Dictionary definitions for metic

metic

/ (ˈmɛtɪk) /

noun

(in ancient Greece) an alien having some rights of citizenship in the city in which he lives

Word Origin for metic

C19: from Greek metoikos, from meta- (indicating change) + -oikos dwelling

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单词	metic
释义	metic [ met-ik ] / ˈmɛt ɪk / noun an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there. Origin of metic 1800–10; <Late Latin metycus, variant of metoecus<Greek métoikos emigrant, equivalent to met-met- + -oikos dwelling Words nearby metic methylthionine chloride, methyl transferase, methyltrinitrobenzene, methyl violet, methysergide, metic, metical, meticulous, métier, me time, Metis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for metic This shall be the second law: He who engages in retail trade must be either a metic or a stranger. Laws\|Plato Plato never thinks of making the metic, much less the slave, a citizen. Laws\|Plato A metic must purchase the choice fruit; but a stranger may pluck for himself and his attendant. Laws\|Plato It is Plato's greatest concession to the metic, as the bestowal of freedom is his greatest concession to the slave. Laws\|Plato The freed man, when liberated, does not become a citizen, but is only a non-citizen or metic. Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume IV (of 4)\|George Grote British Dictionary definitions for metic metic / (ˈmɛtɪk) / noun (in ancient Greece) an alien having some rights of citizenship in the city in which he lives Word Origin for metic C19: from Greek metoikos, from meta- (indicating change) + -oikos dwelling Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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