Εἵλως

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A. serfs, derived by Hellanic. 188 J., Theopomp.Hist. 14, etc., from Ἕλος, a town of Laconia, whose inhabitants were enslaved: by others from Pass. of *ἕλω, = αἱρέω, cf. EM 332.53.

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Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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