helot

['helət]
  • n. 受人轻视之人；（古希腊斯巴达的）奴隶
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英文词源

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.