Definition of Heliast

1. an Athenian judge [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heliast

heli-skied
heli-skiing
heli-skis
heliac
heliacal
heliacally
heliair
heliairs
helianthemum
helianthemums
helianthin
helianthine
helianthoid
helianthoidea
helianthus
heliast (current term)
heliasts
heliboarding
heliborne
helibus
helibuses
helical
helical CT
helical computed tomography
helically
helicase
helicases
helicate
helicene
helicenes

Literary usage of Heliast

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Greece from Its Commencement to the Close of the Independence by Adolf Holm (1902)
"To become a heliast a citizen had to present himself before the Archons and take a special oath; his name was then entered in the list of the ..."

2. The Comedies of Aristophanes by Aristophanes, W. J. Hickie (1853)
"Where's7 the heliast ? Out of the way! [To the flute- girl.\ Come up hither, my little golden cock-chafer, having taken hold of this rope with your hand. ..."

3. Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig (1797)
"They may be propagated either by feeds or by parting their toots. heliast-Ж, in antiquity, die judges of the court ..."

4. The Antiquities of Greece by George Friedrich Schömann (1880)
"How a member of this Demos belonging to the lower order of society might feel and behave as a heliast, Aristophanes has depicted for us in the Wasps, ..."

5. The politics of Aristotle: books I-V : a revised text by Aristotle, Franz Susemihl, Robert Drew Hicks (1894)
"17), but the heliast is not obliged to render an account (Aristoph. ... which was illegal: whereas the heliast could go on discharging his functions time ..."

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