Spartiate

English Etymology From en enm Sparciate, from en la Spartiātēs, from en grc Σπᾰρτῐᾱ́της, from grc Σπᾰ́ρτη + grc -ᾱ́της. Noun A Spartan, especially a full citizen. OT2 1 Machabees 14 19 940 And this is a copie of the epiſtles, that the Spartiates ſent. en w:Leopold von Ranke G[eorge] W[alter] Prothero Relations of Persia and Greece During the First Half of the Fourth Century Universal History: The Oldest Historical Group of Nations and the Greeks New York, N.Y. Charles Scribner’s Sons 1884 366 Aristotle recognises only one thousand families of the ancient Spartiates; en Paul Anthony Rahe The Structure of Politics in Classical Sparta The Ancien Régime in Classical Greece Republics Ancient and Modern I Chapel Hill, N.C.; London The University of North Carolina Press 1994 153 0-8078-4473-X Other Spartiates commanded troops, but only a king or his regent could normally lead out the Spartan army and the forces of the Peloponnesian League. en Helena P. Schrader A Political Expedient Leonidas of Sparta: A Peerless Peer Wheatmark 2011 408 978-1-60494-602-4 Inside, the Spartiates interrupted a tense family drama. Although the voices fell silent at the approach of the two Spartiates, they came into the kitchen to find Chryse in tears, Melissa looking self-righteous, Pelopidas looking beaten, and Laodice and Polychares both angry, while poor Kleon tried to make himself invisible in a corner. en Ed West Iron, Fire and Ice: The Real History that Inspired Game of Thrones w:Skyhorse Publishing 2019 978-1-5107-3564-4 Every year Sparta would formally declare war on its neighbor so that any Spartiate (as full citizens were called—only the child of two Spartiates might become one) could commit murder legally; Further reading Latin Noun la noun form Spartiātē la Spartiātēs abl//voc s