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]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃim.ber/, [ˈt͡ʃimber]

Proper noun

Cimber m sg (genitive Cimberī); second declension

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