noun · masculinesecond declension
Helvētius1
Helvētius m sg (genitive Helvētiī or Helvētī, feminine Helvētia)
Classical[hɛɫˈweː.ti.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[elˈvɛt.t͡si.us]
Meaning
- member of the Helvetii
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Helvētius Helvētia | Helvētiī Helvētiae |
| genitive | Helvētiī Helvētiae | Helvētiōrum Helvētiārum |
| dative | Helvētiō Helvētiae | Helvētiīs |
| accusative | Helvētium Helvētiam | Helvētiōs Helvētiās |
| ablative | Helvētiō Helvētiā | Helvētiīs |
| vocative | Helvētie Helvētia | Helvētiī Helvētiae |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- Rhodanus Sequanos ab Helvetiis dividit
- the Rhone. is the frontier between the Helvetii and the Sequani.
Origins
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”).
Descendants
- Catalanhelveci
- EnglishHelvetius
- EnglishHelvetian
- Frenchhelvète
- FrenchHelvète
- FrenchHelvétius
- Italianelvezio
- ItalianElvezio
- Portuguesehelvécio
- Spanishhelvecio