Arminius

From Latin Arminius, probably from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz, but has been associated, at least since the 16th century, with the name Herman, German Hermann.

Arminius

1. (history) A chieftain of the Cherusci (an ancient Germanic tribe) who defeated the Romans in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
2. Jacobus Arminius, Dutch theologian and founder of Arminianism.

• Sumirian

Maybe from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz, if so, directly cognate with Old Norse Jǫrmunr (“Odin”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [arˈmɪ.ni.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [arˈmiː.ni.us]

Arminius m sg (genitive Arminiī or Arminī); second declension

1. Arminius

Second-declension noun, singular only.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

• English: Arminius
• German: Armin
  • English: Armin
  • French: Armin
• Hungarian: Ármin

• Arminius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Arminius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray