Helvetius
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See also: Helvétius
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A Celtic name, from Gaulish elu (“gain, prosperity”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸelus, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁u- (“many”); and etu- (“terrain, grassland”), which is cognate with Old Irish íath (“grassland, territory”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /helˈu̯eː.ti.us/, [hɛɫ̪ˈu̯eːt̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /elˈvet.t͡si.us/, [elˈvɛt̪ː͡s̪ius]
Adjective
[edit]Helvētius (feminine Helvētia, neuter Helvētium); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | Helvētius | Helvētia | Helvētium | Helvētiī | Helvētiae | Helvētia | |
Genitive | Helvētiī | Helvētiae | Helvētiī | Helvētiōrum | Helvētiārum | Helvētiōrum | |
Dative | Helvētiō | Helvētiō | Helvētiīs | ||||
Accusative | Helvētium | Helvētiam | Helvētium | Helvētiōs | Helvētiās | Helvētia | |
Ablative | Helvētiō | Helvētiā | Helvētiō | Helvētiīs | |||
Vocative | Helvētie | Helvētia | Helvētium | Helvētiī | Helvētiae | Helvētia |
Noun
[edit]Helvētius m sg (genitive Helvētiī or Helvētī, feminine Helvētia); second declension
- member of the Helvetii
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | |
Nominative | Helvētius | Helvētia | Helvētiī | Helvētiae | |
Genitive | Helvētiī | Helvētiae | Helvētiōrum | Helvētiārum | |
Dative | Helvētiō | Helvētiīs | Helvētiīs | ||
Accusative | Helvētium | Helvētiam | Helvētiōs | Helvētiās | |
Ablative | Helvētiō | Helvētiā | Helvētiīs | Helvētiīs | |
Vocative | Helvētie | Helvētia | Helvētiī | Helvētiae |
References
[edit]- Helvetius in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879.
- Stifter, David (2008). Old Celtic Languages p. 14
- Xavier Delamarre (Éditions Errance, 2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise, pp. 162 and 168.
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