Segimerus

Likely a Latin interpretation of Proto-Germanic *Sigimēraz, a combination of *segaz (“victory”) and *mēraz (“famous”). In that case a cognate to Icelandic Sigmar.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sɛˈɡɪ.mɛ.rʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [seˈd͡ʒiː.me.rus]

Segimerus m sg (genitive Segimerī); second declension

1. Brother-in-law of Segestes, one of the leaders of the Cherusci and the father of Arminius
2. Brother of Segestes and one of the leaders of the Cherusci

Second-declension noun, singular only.

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