helot
['hel?t]
- n. 受人輕視之人;(古希臘斯巴達(dá)的)奴隸
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英文詞源
- helot (n.)
- 1570s (with a capital -h-) "Spartan serf," from Greek Heilotes, plural of Heilos, popularly associated with Helos, Laconian town reduced to serfdom by Sparta, but perhaps related to Greek halonai "be captured." In extended use by 1820s.