Cimbri

[ sim-brahy, -bree, kim- ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. 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

/ ˈkɪm-; ˈsɪmbrɪən; ˈsɪmbriː /

plural noun

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

Derived Forms

• Cimbrian, nounadjective
• ˈCimbric, adjective

Other Words From

• Cimbri·an adjective noun
• Cimbric adjective

Example Sentences

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

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Justin speaks of embassies between Mithridates and the Cimbri.

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

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

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

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