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ἔποικος

ἔποικος, one who has settled among strangers, a settler, alien

ἔποικος, ὁ,
  • settler, sojourner, Pi. O. 9.69.
      • 2 stranger, alien, S. El. 189 (lyr., as fem.), cf. Pl. Lg. 742a, GDI 5048 (Crete).
      • 3 more freq., colonist, Ar. Av. 1307, IG 9(1).334.5 (in Locr. form ἐπίϝοικος), ib. 12.397; ἐποίκους πέμπειν, ἀποστέλλειν, Th. 2.27, Isoc. 5.6; esp. of additional settlers, ἐ. δέχεσθαι, ἐπάγεσθαι, Arist. Pol. 1303a28, 37; λαὸν ἔποικον ἄγοις Call. Aet. Oxy. 2080.69 [Fr. 43.67 Pf.], cf. Ant.Lib. 4.4, al.
    • II neighbouring, ἔ. Ἀσίας ἁγνᾶς ἕδος A. Pr. 411 (lyr.).
      • 2 Subst. neighbour, S. OC 506.

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