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# helot

noun (a helot, helots)

«helot» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (history) A helot was one of the people in ancient Sparta who were made to work the land for the Spartans, almost like slaves, and could not leave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helot/#m1)
2. (formal, rare) A helot is anyone treated like a slave or a serf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helot/#m2)

### In the lessons

In history lessons about ancient Greece it explains how Sparta worked: the helots farmed so that Spartan citizens could train as soldiers; Spartans feared helot rebellions and treated them harshly. It tells the reader about unfree people. Related: serf, slave.

### Examples

- The helots farmed the land for the Spartans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helot/#x1)
- There were many more helots than Spartan citizens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helot/#x2)
- Spartans feared that the helots would rebel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helot/#x3)
- Helots could not leave the farms they worked on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helot/#x4)
- The helots rose up against Sparta several times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helot/#x5)
- Spartan boys trained as soldiers while helots grew the food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helot/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a helot, helots. Pronounced «HEL-ot». Rare word, mostly in history about Sparta. Helots were not exactly the same as slaves: they belonged to the state and were tied to the land, more like serfs.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «helot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helot/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«helot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/helot.html) on Mova free.