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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: WIST #142964 05/15/05 09:48 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Aeschylus' Suppliant Women, lines 994-5: My translation: But everyone has a bad word ready for the resident foreigner, to utter good-sounding abuse. http://perseus.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Aesch.+Supp.+980 The word in question is metoikos, meaning immigrant, foreigner with resident rights. The LSJ does have the word 'alien' in its entry: http://perseus.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=#67193 Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted WIST musick 05/14/05 02:54 PM Re: WIST maverick 05/14/05 09:09 PM Re: WIST Bingley 05/15/05 09:48 AM Re: WIST maverick 05/15/05 11:06 PM Re: WIST Bingley 05/16/05 01:09 AM Re: WIST Faldage 05/16/05 10:17 AM metic Father Steve 05/16/05 12:04 PM Re: metic Jackie 05/16/05 01:41 PM Re: metic wofahulicodoc 05/16/05 02:09 PM Re: metic Buffalo Shrdlu 05/16/05 02:29 PM Re: metic Father Steve 05/16/05 03:02 PM Re: metic TEd Remington 05/16/05 04:09 PM Taking full responsibility... musick 05/16/05 04:24 PM Re: metic nancyk 05/16/05 05:34 PM Re: metic tsuwm 05/16/05 08:29 PM Re: metic wofahulicodoc 05/16/05 09:39 PM Re: metic Bingley 05/17/05 04:42 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,413 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 998 guests, and 6 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 38 A C Bowden 26 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,584 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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