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