Helvetii
English
Etymology
Celtic name. First element from Proto-Celtic *elu, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁u- (“many”); second element said to be from Celtic root *etu (“grassland, terrain”).
Proper noun
Helvetii pl
- (historical) A Gallic tribe that occupied the plain of Switzerland.
Translations
Gallic tribe
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References
- Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise (Éditions Errance, 2003), pp. 162 and 168.
Latin
Adjective
Helvētiī
- nominative masculine plural of Helvētius
- genitive masculine singular of Helvētius
- genitive neuter singular of Helvētius
- vocative masculine plural of Helvētius
References
- Helvetii in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press