Cimbri

See also: cimbri

English

Etymology

From Latin Cimbri.

Proper noun

Cimbri

1. (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

• Cimbrian

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κίμβροι (Kímbroi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkim.briː/, [ˈkɪmbriː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃim.bri/, [ˈt͡ʃimbri]

Proper noun

Cimbrī m pl (genitive Cimbrōrum); second declension

1. the Cimbri, a tribe generally thought to have been from northern Germany or Jutland which invaded southern Europe

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Cimbrī
Genitive	Cimbrōrum
Dative	Cimbrīs
Accusative	Cimbrōs
Ablative	Cimbrīs
Vocative	Cimbrī

Derived terms

• Cimbricus
• Cimbricē

Descendants

• → English: Cimbri
• →⇒ Cimbrian: zimbar, tzimbar
• →⇒ German: Zimbrisch
• →⇒ Italian: cimbro

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