Cimbri

Latin Cimbri

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.

• Cimbrian

From Ancient Greek Κίμβροι (Kímbroi).

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

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

Second-declension noun, plural only.

• Cimbricus
• Cimbricē

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

• “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