metic
['metik]
- n. 客籍民（古希腊）
英英释义
- 1. an alien who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city
英文词源
- metic (n.)
- "resident alien in an ancient Greek state," 1808, from Late Latin metycus, from Greek metoikos, literally "one who has changed his residence," from meta- "change" (see meta-) + -oikos "dwelling," from oikein "to dwell" (see villa).