Hīlōtae u. Īlōtae, ārum, m. (Εἱλῶται), die Heloten, Name der spartanischen Leibeigenen, die die Felder ihrer Herren bestellen mußten, Abkömmlinge der ursprünglichen Landesbewohner, die ihre Feldmark an die Dorier verloren hatten, Form Hil. bei Nep. Paus. 3, 6: Form II. bei Liv. 34, 27, 9. – / Über die Schreibung Hilotae (Ilotae), nicht Helotes, s. Fleckeisen im Philologus Jahrg. 4. S. 334. A. 25.
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Helot — He lot (?; 277), n. [L. Helotes, Hilotae, pl., fr. Gr. E e lws and E elw ths a bondman or serf of the Spartans; so named from Elos, a town of Laconia, whose inhabitants were enslaved; or perh. akin to e lei^n to take, conquer, used as 2d aor. of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Helot — [hel′ət] n. [L Helotes, Hilotae, pl. < Gr Heilōtes, pl., taken as after Helos, town in Laconia whose inhabitants were enslaved by the Spartans, but < ? base of haliskesthai, to be captured < IE base * wel , to tear, injure > L vellere … English World dictionary
