Εἵλως,ωτος, Th. 4.80 , etc., andΕἱλώτης,ου,ὁ, Hdt. 6.58 , etc.; fem.Εἱλωτίς,ίδος,ἡ, Plu. Ages. 3 :—Helot, name of the Spartan
A. serfs, derived by Hellanic. 188
J. , Theopomp.Hist. 14 , etc., fromἝλος, a town of Laconia, whose inhabitants were enslaved: by others from Pass. of *ἕλω,
= αἱρέω , cf. EM 332.53 .