Helvetii

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl]  name. First element from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Celtic *elu, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁u- (“many”); second element said to be from Celtic root *etu (“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

Gallic tribe

• Czech: Helvéti m pl
• French: Helvètes (fr)
• Georgian: ჰელვეტები (helveṭebi)
• German: Helvetier (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: Elvezi
• Latin: Helvetii
• Spanish: Helvecios

References

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

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) Helvētiī

1. nominative masculine plural of Helvētius
2. genitive masculine singular of Helvētius
3. genitive neuter singular of Helvētius
4. vocative masculine plural of Helvētius

References

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