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Helvetius
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See also: Helvétius
Latin
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɛɫˈweː.ti.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [elˈvɛt.t͡si.us]
Adjective
Helvētius (feminine Helvētia, neuter Helvētium); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Noun
Helvētius m sg (genitive Helvētiī or Helvētī, feminine Helvētia); second declension
- member of the Helvetii
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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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