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met·ic [ˈmetɪk, Am -t̬-] N HISTORY (ancient Greece)

metic

Metöke m

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A metic without a sponsor was vulnerable to a special prosecution. en.wikipedia.org

As a metic, he was unable to take part in the debates. en.wikipedia.org

This arrangement exacted some extra duties on the part of the metic, yet the child of an ex-slave metic apparently had the same status as a freeborn metic. en.wikipedia.org

In the street no physical signs distinguished citizen from metic or slave. en.wikipedia.org

As citizenship was a matter of inheritance and not place of birth, a metic could be either an immigrant or the descendant of one. en.wikipedia.org

The status divide between metic and citizen was not always clear. en.wikipedia.org

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