Cimbri

[ sim-brahy, -bree, kim- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

a Germanic or Celtic people, supposed to have originated in Jutland, who invaded Gaul and northern Italy, and were destroyed by the Romans in 101 b.c.

Cimbri

/ ˈsɪmbriː; ˈsɪmbrɪən; ˈkɪm- /

a Germanic people from N Jutland who migrated southwards in the 2nd century bc : annihilated by Marius in the Po valley (101 bc )

The kites, says Juvenal, had never feasted on carcases so huge as those of the Cimbri and Teutones.

Justin speaks of embassies between Mithridates and the Cimbri.

Such are the notices bearing upon the ethnography of the Cimbri.

That the Cimbri were the Eastern members of the confederation seems certain.

Gaul they knew well, and Germany sufficiently—yet no where did they find Cimbri.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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