mĕtoecus, i, m., = μέτοικος,
a stranger, sojourner, denizen, resident alien dwelling in a city without the rights of citizenship (post-class.), Eum. Pan. Flavens. Nom. Dict. 4 fin. : ager militi metoeco (al. modico) est assignatus, Front. de Colon. p. 134 Goes. (written mĕtycus , Gromat. Vet. 234, 19; 238, 7 Lachm.).