Aristotle Greek Lexicon Εἵλως

Εἵλως

heilos

Helot

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Dictionary (LSJ)

Εἵλως, ωτος, Th. 4.80, etc., and Εἱλώτης, ου, , Hdt. 6.58, etc.; fem. Εἱλωτίς, ίδος, , Plu. Ages. 3:—A. Helot, name of the Spartan serfs, derived by Hellanic. 188 J., Theopomp.Hist. 14, etc., from Ἕλος, a town of Laconia, whose inhabitants were enslaved: by others from Pass. of *ἕλω, = αἱρέω, cf. EM 332.53.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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