Cimber

Latin

Etymology

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkim.ber/, [ˈkɪmbɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃim.ber/, [ˈt͡ʃimber]

Proper noun

Cimber m sg (genitive Cimberī); second declension

1. The name of a Roman gens, famously held by:
   1. Tillius Cimber, one of the assassins of Julius Caesar

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cimber
Genitive	Cimberī
Dative	Cimberō
Accusative	Cimberum
Ablative	Cimberō
Vocative	Cimber

References

• 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