νεοδαμώδης

Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

From νέος (néos, new) +‎ δᾶμος (dâmos, free citizens, Doric form of δῆμος (dêmos)) +‎ -ώδης (-ṓdēs, like).

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Adjective edit

νεοδᾱμώδης (neodāmṓdēsm or f (neuter νεοδᾱμῶδες); third declension (Attic)

  1. (as a noun) An emancipated helot in Ancient Sparta
    καὶ εἵλωσι καὶ νεοδαμώδεσι καὶ τοῖς ὑπομείοσι καὶ τοῖς περιοίκοις (Xenophon, Hellenica, 3.3.6.5)
    Λακεδαιμόνιοι μὲν τῶν τε Εἱλώτων ἐπιλεξάμενοι τοὺς βελτίστους καὶ τῶν νεοδαμώδων͵ ξυναμφοτέρων ἐς ἑξακοσίους ὁπλίτας (Thucydides, 7.19.3)
    οἱ δ΄ ἦλθον ἔχοντες τῶν νεοδαμωδῶν ὡς τριακοσίους (Thucydides, 8.5.1)

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Noun edit

νεοδαμώδης (neodamódism (plural νεοδαμώδεις)

  1. (history) An emancipated helot in Ancient Sparta