Helvetii

English

Etymology

From Latin Helvetii, from a Celtic name. First element from Proto-Celtic *ɸelu, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁u- (“many”); second element said to be from Celtic root *ɸētu (“grassland, terrain”), which shares an origin with Old Irish íath (“grassland, territory”).

Proper noun

Helvetii pl

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

Translations

Gallic tribe

Czech: Helvéti m pl
French: Helvètes (fr) m pl or f pl
Georgian: ჰელვეტები (helveṭebi)
German: Helvetier (de) m
Italian: Elvezi m pl
Latin: Helvetii m pl
Spanish: Helvecios m pl

References

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

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /helˈu̯eː.ti.iː/, [hɛɫ̪ˈu̯eːt̪iː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /elˈvet.t͡si.i/, [elˈvɛt̪ː͡s̪iː]

Proper noun

Helvētiī m pl (genitive Helvētiōrum); second declension

A Gallic tribe of ancient Gaul

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Helvētiī
Genitive	Helvētiōrum
Dative	Helvētiīs
Accusative	Helvētiōs
Ablative	Helvētiīs
Vocative	Helvētiī

Adjective

Helvētiī

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

References

“Helvetii”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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