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1 Εἵλωτες
Grammatical information: m. pl.Meaning: `Helots', name of the serfs of the state of the Spartans (Ion.-Att.).Other forms: Fem. Εἱλωτίς (Plu., St. Byz.).Derivatives: Εἱλωτικός `helotic' (Paus., Plu.), εἱλωτεύω `be Helote' (Isoc.) with εἱλωτεία `the position of Helots' (Pl., Arist.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Proper meaning unknown and so without certain etymology. Acc. to ancient commentators prop. inhabitants of the Laconian city ῝Ελος; phonet. untenable. Acc. to Solmsen Unt. 251 from *ἐ-Ϝέλω-τες, to (Ϝ)αλῶ-ναι etc., as the Helots were originally prisoners of war ( ἁλῶναι πολέμῳ Ephor. ap. Str. 8, 365); traces of the lenis in Thuc. Sommer Lautst. 101f. One may object, that a full grade Ϝελ(ω)-, is unknown in Greek; a proth. vowel is impossible. So no etym. - See Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 99ff.Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > Εἵλωτες
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