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 Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɪm.bɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃim.ber] === 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