Εἱλώτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Εἵλως (Heílōs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /heː.lɔ̌ː.tɛːs/ → /iˈlo.tis/ → /iˈlo.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /heː.lɔ̌ː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)iˈlo.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈlo.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈlo.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈlo.tis/

Noun

Εἱλώτης • (Heilṓtēs) m (genitive Εἱλώτου); first declension

1. a Helot

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Εἱλώτης; τοῦ Εἱλώτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Εἱλώτης ho Heilṓtēs	τὼ Εἱλώτᾱ tṑ Heilṓtā	οἱ Εἱλῶται hoi Heilôtai
Genitive	τοῦ Εἱλώτου toû Heilṓtou	τοῖν Εἱλώταιν toîn Heilṓtain	τῶν Εἱλωτῶν tôn Heilōtôn
Dative	τῷ Εἱλώτῃ tôi Heilṓtēi	τοῖν Εἱλώταιν toîn Heilṓtain	τοῖς Εἱλώταις toîs Heilṓtais
Accusative	τὸν Εἱλώτην tòn Heilṓtēn	τὼ Εἱλώτᾱ tṑ Heilṓtā	τοὺς Εἱλώτᾱς toùs Heilṓtās
Vocative	Εἱλῶτᾰ Heilôta	Εἱλώτᾱ Heilṓtā	Εἱλῶται Heilôtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Εἱλωτικός (Heilōtikós)

Descendants

• English: Helot
• Greek: Ειλώτης (Eilótis)
• Russian: илот (ilot)

Further reading

• Εἱλώτης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012