proper noun
Hīlōtae
Meaning
- the original inhabitants of the city Helos
Hīlōtae, ārum, m., = Εἵλωτες,
I. the original inhabitants of the city Helos (Ἕλος), in Laconia, afterwards the bondsmen of the Spartans, the Helots, Nep. Paus. 3, 6.— Called also Ilotae, ārum, Liv. 34, 27, 9.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Hīlōtae (Ilō-) ārum, m
, Εἰλῶται, the bondsmen of the Spartans, Helots, N., L.