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metic [ˈmɛtɪk] n (Historical Terms) (in ancient Greece) an alien having some rights of citizenship in the city in which he lives [from Greek metoikos, from meta- (indicating change) + -oikos dwelling] metic Ancient Greece. a foreigner or a resident alien. See also: Greece and Greeks
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I mean that the father grows accustomed to descend to the level of his sons and to fear them, and the son is on a level with his father, he having no respect or reverence for either of his parents; and this is his freedom, and metic is equal with the citizen and the citizen with the metic, and the stranger is quite as good as either. |
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