Confoederatio Helvetica
Latin
Etymology
confoederatio (“agreement, covenant”) + helveticus (“Swiss”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kon.foe̯.deˈraː.ti.oː helˈu̯eː.ti.ka/, [kõːfoe̯d̪ɛˈräːt̪ioː hɛɫ̪ˈu̯eːt̪ɪkä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.fe.deˈrat.t͡si.o elˈve.ti.ka/, [koɱfed̪eˈrät̪ː͡s̪io elˈvɛːt̪ikä]
Proper noun
Cōnfoederātiō Helvētica f sg (genitive Cōnfoederātiōnis Helvēticae); third declension
- Swiss Confederation (official name of Switzerland)
- Synonym: Helvētia
Declension
Third-declension noun with a first-declension adjective, singular only.
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