helotage

English

Etymology

From helot +‎ -age.

Noun

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.
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