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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

perioeci

/per-ee-ee-sahy/US // ˌpɛr iˈi saɪ //

橄榄枝,橄榄球,橄榄核,橄榄树

Definitions

n.名词(复数) plural noun
  1. 1

    singular Per·i·oe·cus [per-ee-ee-kuhs]. /ˌpɛr iˈi kəs/.

    • : the inhabitants of ancient Laconia, constituting a dependent people of Sparta, who governed themselves and had a monopoly on trade and manufacture.Compare Helot, Spartiate.

Examples

  • They had much the same position as the perioeci in ancient Sparta.

  • The whole number taken, whether true-born Spartans or Perioeci, amounted to more than one hundred.

  • The provinces under Spartan rule were divided into thirty thousand parts, a part for each Perioeci family.

  • Besides the Helots, the Spartans exercised an authority over the intermediate class called the Perioeci.

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