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Εἱλωτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Εἱλωτικός Εἱλωτική Εἱλωτικόν

Structure: Εἱλωτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from Ei(/lws

Sense

  1. of Helots

Examples

  • γῆν μὲν γὰρ ὅσην ἔχουσιν τῆσ θ’ ἑαυτῶν καὶ Μεσσήνησ, οὐδ’ ἂν εἷσ ἀμφισβητήσειε τῶν τῇδε πλήθει οὐδ’ ἀρετῇ, οὐδ’ αὖ ἀνδραπόδων κτήσει τῶν τε ἄλλων καὶ τῶν εἱλωτικῶν, οὐδὲ μὴν ἵππων γε, οὐδ’ ὅσα ἄλλα βοσκήματα κατὰ Μεσσήνην νέμεται. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 118:3)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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