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

Czech: Helvéti m pl
French: Helvètes (fr)
Georgian: ჰელვეტები (helveṭebi)
German: Helvetier (de)

Italian: Elvezi
Latin: Helvetii
Spanish: Helvecios

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

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