helot

English - Turkish

Definition of helot in English Turkish dictionary: {i} köle; {i} kul; esir; {i} Ispartalı köle [(Tarih) ]; ıspartalı köle

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of helot in Turkish Turkish dictionary: Eski ısparta'da toprağa bağlı yerli halk, devlet köleleri

English - English

Definition of helot in English English dictionary: A serf; a slave; An individual of the ancient Spartan class of serfs; {i} member of an inferior slave class (in ancient Sparta); (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord; An indiviual of the ancient Spartan class of serfs; Any of the native peoples of Laconia and Messenia conquered and controlled by Sparta. They were state-owned serfs or slaves who worked the land to feed and clothe the Spartan population, whom they vastly outnumbered. Their masters could not free them or sell them. The Spartans lived in constant fear of a helot revolt and annually declared war on them to legally keep them in place by force. During wartime, helots attended their masters on campaigns, serving as troops and as rowers in the fleet. The Messenian helots were liberated 370 BC, those in Laconia not until the 2nd century BC; A slave in ancient Sparta; a Spartan serf; hence, a slave or serf
helots: plural of helot

helot

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Hel·ot

helıt

/ˈhelət/ /ˈhɛlət/

[ 'he-l&t ] (noun.) 1579. Latin Helotes, from Ancient Greek (Εἵλωτες), possibly from ἁλίσκομαι (“to be captured, to be made prisoner”).

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