ἐπεύνακτοι,
ων,
οἱ,(
εὐνάζω) name for the Helots who were adopted into their lords' places during the Messenian wars,
Theopomp.Hist. 166 :—
D.S. 8 Fr. 21 writes
ἐπευνακταί, and seems to identify them with the
παρθενίαι (q. v.):
Hsch. has
ἐνεύνακτοι· οἱ παρθενίαι, and
ἐπευνακταί· οἱ συγκοιμηταί.