Helvetius

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See also: Helvétius

Latin

Etymology

A Celtic name, from Gaulish elu (“gain, prosperity”), from Proto-Celtic *elu, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁u- (“many”); and etu- (“terrain, grassland”), which is cognate with Old Irish íath (“grassland, territory”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

Helvētius (feminine Helvētia, neuter Helvētium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or pertaining to the Helvetii; Helvetian

Declension

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

Helvētius m sg (genitive Helvētiī or Helvētī, feminine Helvētia); second declension

  1. member of the Helvetii

Declension

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

  • 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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