Spartiate

[ spahr-tee-eyt, -shee- ]

/ ˈspɑr tiˌeɪt, -ʃi- /

a member of the ruling class of ancient Laconia; a Spartan citizen. Compare Helot(def 1), Perioeci.

Origin of Spartiate

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin Spartiātēs < Doric Greek Spartiā́tēs, equivalent to Spartiā́(s) of Sparta + -tēs personal noun suffix

Nelson's own ship, the Vanguard, was the first to anchor within half-pistol-shot of the third French ship, the Spartiate.

A Book of Golden Deeds |Charlotte M. Yonge
They labored for a Spartiate proprietor who took from them the greater part of the harvest.

History Of Ancient Civilization |Charles Seignobos
He shall have the sword which he brought me off the Spartiate when she struck.

The Admiral |Douglas Sladen
At seventeen years the Spartiate becomes a soldier and this he until he is sixty.

History Of Ancient Civilization |Charles Seignobos

A Spartiate poet compares the Helots to "loaded asses stumbling under their burdens and the blows inflicted."

History Of Ancient Civilization |Charles Seignobos