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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: WIST #142964 05/15/2005 9:48 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel 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 05/14/2005 2:54 PM Re: WIST maverick 05/14/2005 9:09 PM Re: WIST Bingley 05/15/2005 9:48 AM Re: WIST maverick 05/15/2005 11:06 PM Re: WIST Bingley 05/16/2005 1:09 AM Re: WIST Faldage 05/16/2005 10:17 AM metic Father Steve 05/16/2005 12:04 PM Re: metic Jackie 05/16/2005 1:41 PM Re: metic wofahulicodoc 05/16/2005 2:09 PM Re: metic Buffalo Shrdlu 05/16/2005 2:29 PM Re: metic Father Steve 05/16/2005 3:02 PM Re: metic TEd Remington 05/16/2005 4:09 PM Taking full responsibility... musick 05/16/2005 4:24 PM Re: metic nancyk 05/16/2005 5:34 PM Re: metic tsuwm 05/16/2005 8:29 PM Re: metic wofahulicodoc 05/16/2005 9:39 PM Re: metic Bingley 05/17/2005 4:42 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

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