Helvetii
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of Helvetii
Borrowed into English from Latin around 1890–95
Example Sentences
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When those formidable Helvetii marched out of their Alpine cantons to occupy Gallic lowlands in 58 BC, Caesar deployed geopolitics to defeat them -- seizing strategic terrain, controlling their grain supplies, and manipulating rival tribes.
From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2018
They made their way through the Alps into Switzerland, where the Helvetii joined them, and the united mass rolled over the Jura and down the bank of the Rhone.
From Caesar: a Sketch by James Anthony Froude
The Helvetii fought gallantly, and in numbers were enormously superior; but the contest was between skill and courage, sturdy discipline and wild valor; and it concluded as such contests always must.
From Caesar: a Sketch by James Anthony Froude
But Cicero's banishment damped the ardor of these gentlemen; after a few vicious efforts, they subsided into sullenness, and trusted to Ariovistus or the Helvetii to relieve them of their detested enemy.
From Caesar: a Sketch by James Anthony Froude
If the Helvetii deserted Switzerland, the cantons would be immediately occupied by Germans, and a road would be opened into the province for the enemy whom the Romans had most reason to dread.
From Caesar: a Sketch by James Anthony Froude
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