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-ot, -ote repr. F. -ote, L. -ōta, Gr. -ōtēs, expressing nativity in ancient Gr. names, as Epirot, Gr. Epeiróetēs, native of Epirus, in mod. names of inhabitants of certain places in or near Greece, as Cypriot(e). The form -ot occurs in the common nouns HELOT, IDIOT, PATRIOT, ZEALOT.