Helvetii

English

Etymology

From Latin Helvetii, from a Celtic name. First element from Proto-Celtic *ɸelus (“many”), from Proto-Indo-European *pélh₁us (“many”); second element said to be from Celtic root *ɸeitu (“grassland, terrain”), which shares an origin with Old Irish íath (“grassland, territory”).

Proper noun

Helvetii pl

  1. (historical) A Gallic tribe that occupied the plain of Switzerland.

Translations

References

  • Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise (Éditions Errance, 2003), pp. 162 and 168.

Latin

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Helvētiī m pl (genitive Helvētiōrum); second declension

  1. A Gallic tribe of ancient Gaul

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative Helvētiī
genitive Helvētiōrum
dative Helvētiīs
accusative Helvētiōs
ablative Helvētiīs
vocative Helvētiī

Adjective

Helvētiī

  1. inflection of Helvētius:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

References

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