Cimbri
See also: cimbri
English
Etymology
Proper noun
Cimbri
- (historical) An ancient tribe that invaded southern Europe between 113 and 101 BCE, generally thought to have been Germanic (though they could have been Celtic) and associated with Jutland and northern Germany.
See also
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κίμβροι (Kímbroi).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɪm.briː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃim.bri]
Proper noun
Cimbrī m pl (genitive Cimbrōrum); second declension
- the Cimbri, a tribe generally thought to have been from northern Germany or Jutland which invaded southern Europe
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
plural | |
---|---|
nominative | Cimbrī |
genitive | Cimbrōrum |
dative | Cimbrīs |
accusative | Cimbrōs |
ablative | Cimbrīs |
vocative | Cimbrī |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “Cimbri”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Cimbri in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Cimbri”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly