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|Definition=ὁ, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">settler from abroad, alien resident in a foreign city, denizen</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>548</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Supp.</span>994</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.151</span>, etc.; esp. at Athens, <span class="bibl">Th. 2.13</span>, <span class="bibl">And.1.15</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ξένος λόγῳ μ</b>., opp. <b class="b3">ἐγγενής</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>452</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Ach.</span>508</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eq.</span>347</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span>799.25 (Cyzic., i A.D.); <b class="b3">μ. γῆς</b> <b class="b2">one who has settled in</b> a country, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>319</span>; <b class="b3">μ. δόμων, χώρας</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ch.</span>971</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>934</span>; ἐν τῇ τῶν πλησίον <span class="bibl">And.1.144</span>; <b class="b3">βροτοῖς οὔτε &lt;νεκρὸς&gt; νεκροῖσιν μέτοικος, οὐ ζῶσιν, οὐ θανοῦσιν</b> <b class="b2">whose home is</b> neither <b class="b2">with</b> the living nor the dead, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>852</span> (lyr.): metaph., of birds, as <b class="b2">sojourners</b> in the heavens, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>57</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">occupant of the same house with</b> another, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>5837</span> (ii A.D.).</span>