Cimber
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The gens stems from a nickname given by both Celtic (Gaulish) and Germanic people. The Gauls and Germanic tribes used the word Cimber to describe someone in either a negative light ("thief, robber") (attested by Plutarch) or positive one ("soldier, warrior"); in both senses connected to the ethnonym Cimbri.
Germanic dialectal forms included kemffer, kempher, kemper, kimber, and kamper.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkim.ber/, [ˈkɪmbɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃim.ber/, [ˈt͡ʃimber]
Proper noun
[edit]Cimber m sg (genitive Cimberī); second declension
- The name of a Roman gens, famously held by:
- Tillius Cimber, one of the assassins of Julius Caesar
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er), singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Cimber |
| genitive | Cimberī |
| dative | Cimberō |
| accusative | Cimberum |
| ablative | Cimberō |
| vocative | Cimber |
References
[edit]- Britannia Antiqua Illustrata, Or the Antiquities of Ancient Britain, Derived from the Phoenicians Etc. Together with a Chronological History of this Kingdom from the First Traditional Beginning, Until the Year of Our Lord 800