Helvii

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Helvĭi (Helvi), ōrum, m.,

I a people of Gallia Narbonensis, whose capital , called Alba Helvorum and Alba Helvia, was celebrated for its wine , now Alps , in Viviers , Départ. Ardèche , Caes. B. G. 7, 7; 75; id. B. C. 1, 35; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 36; 14, 3, 4, § 43. —

II Deriv.: Helvĭcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Helvii , Helvian : vinum, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 18.

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