The corpus record

μετοικ-έω

metoikeo

change oneʼs abode, remove to

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Where it lives

For Callias 1 · 35.97/10k
Against Pancleon 2 · 25.97/10k
Letter 8 1 · 15.04/10k
Against The Corn-Dealers 1 · 8.9/10k
Concerning the Team of Horses 2 · 6.9/10k
Aegineticus 2 · 6.89/10k
Against Philon 1 · 5.5/10k
Against Lacritus 1 · 2.8/10k
Crito 1 · 2.4/10k
Apollodorus Against Timotheus 1 · 2.32/10k
Menexenus 1 · 2.08/10k
Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

μετοικ-έω · metoik-eō — LSJ

change oneʼs abode, remove to, settle in

change oneʼs abode, remove to a place, c. acc. loci, E. Hipp. 837 (lyr.): c. dat. loci, settle in, Pi. P. 9.83.

II to be a settler, reside in a foreign city

abs., to be a settler, reside in a foreign city, IG l.c., etc.; τοὺς μετοικοῦντας ξένους E. Supp. 892; opp. πολιτεύεσθαι, Lys. 12.20; μ. γῆς A. Supp. 609; μ. ἐν τῇ πόλει Lys. 5.2; ἐν Μιλήτῳ ἔτη πέντε SIG 633.60 (Milet., ii B.C.); ταύτῃ Ar. Av. 1319 (lyr.); Ἀθήνῃσι D. 49.26; παρʼ ἑτέροις Isoc. Ep. 8.4.

In the wild

μετοικεῖν · metoikein Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 609–610
μετοικεῖν · metoikein Aristophanes, Birds 1 (DIORISIS sentence 972)
μετοικεῖν · metoikein Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates 39 (DIORISIS sentence 131)
μετοικούντων · metoikountōn Demosthenes, Against Lacritus 51 (DIORISIS sentence 159)
μετοικοῦντα · metoikounta Demosthenes, Apollodorus Against Timotheus 25 (DIORISIS sentence 41)
μετοικοῦντας · metoikountas Euripides, Suppliants *)/adrastos (DIORISIS sentence 522)

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Where it came from

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