helotage

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helotage (uncountable)

  1. The condition of a helot.
    • 2018, David M. Lewis, Greek Slave Systems in their Eastern Mediterranean Context, c.800–146 BC[1], Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
      Spartan helotage represents perhaps the most peculiar slave system studied in this book.