μέτοικος, ὁ, ἡ,
settler from abroad, alien resident in a foreign city, denizen, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 548, “Supp.” 994, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.151, etc.; especially at Athens, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.15, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξένος λόγῳ μ., opposed to ἐγγενής, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 452, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 508, “Eq.” 347, “SIG” 799.25 (Cyzic., 1st c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. γῆς one who has settled in a country, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 319 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; μ. δόμων, χώρας, [[ [prev. author] “Ch.” 971 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 934; ἐν τῇ τῶν πλησίον 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.144 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; βροτοῖς οὔτε <νεκρὸς> νεκροῖσιν μέτοικος, οὐ ζῶσιν, οὐ θανοῦσιν whose home is neither with the living nor the dead, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 852 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, of birds, as sojourners in the heavens, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 57 (_anapaest meter_). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 occupant of the same house with another, [[ “Sammelb.” 5837 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]