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Spartiate
[ spahr-tee-eyt, -shee- ]
noun
- a member of the ruling class of ancient Laconia; a Spartan citizen. Compare Helot ( def 1 ), Perioeci.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Spartiate1
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin Spartiātēs < Doric Greek Spartiā́tēs, equivalent to Spartiā́ ( s ) of Sparta + -tēs personal noun suffix
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Example Sentences
A vast volume of mingled smoke and flame and steam rose up, and when it rolled away, the Spartiate had almost vanished.
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Nelson's own ship, the Vanguard, was the first to anchor within half-pistol-shot of the third French ship, the Spartiate.
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They labored for a Spartiate proprietor who took from them the greater part of the harvest.
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A Spartiate poet compares the Helots to "loaded asses stumbling under their burdens and the blows inflicted."
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In a matter of life and death, then, it was necessary that a Spartiate be as good as ten Helots.
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