helvetii
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Helvetius, Helvetia, Helvetium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
of/connected with the Helvetii (pl.), a people of Cen. Gaul (Switzerland);
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - Entry →Helvetius, Helvetii:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Geography:
- France/Gaul
Helvetii (pl.), tribe in Central Gaul (Switzerland); (Caesar's "Gallic War");
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- G
Liber VII
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...Lemovicibus; octona Pictonibus et Turonis et Parisiis et Helvetiis; [Suessionibus,] Ambianis, Mediomatricis, Petrocoriis, Nerviis, Morinis, Nitiobrigibus quina milia..." - G
Liber I
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...incolunt, quibuscum continenter bellum gerunt. Qua de causa Helvetii quoque reliquos Gallos virtute praecedunt, quod fere cotidianis proeliis..." - P
Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...praedae ac sanguinis Caecina hausit. inritaverant turbidum ingenium Helvetii, Gallica gens olim armis virisque, mox memoria nominis clara..." - P
Germania
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...Igitur inter Hercyniam silvam Rhenumque et Moenum amnes Helvetii, ulteriora Boii, Gallica utraque gens, tenuere. Manet adhuc Boihaemi..."