Helvetius

See also: Helvétius

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish -elu (“gain, prosperity”) and etu- (“terrain, grassland”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /helˈweː.ti.us/, [hɛɫˈweː.ti.ʊs]

Adjective

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

  1. of or pertaining to the Helvetii; Helvetian
  2. (substantive) a member of the Helvetii

Inflection

First/second declension.

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

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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