Cimbri

See also: cimbri

English

Etymology

Latin Cimbri

Proper noun

Cimbri

  1. An ancient tribe that invaded southern Europe between 113 and 101 BCE, generally thought to have been Germanic and associated with Jutland and northern Germany.

See also

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κίμβροι (Kímbroi).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkim.briː/, [ˈkɪm.briː]

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.

Case 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
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