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Cimmerii
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Lewis Short
(Adj.) : Cimmĕrii, ōrum (
* Gen. Cimmeriūm, Val. Fl. 3, 399; Cimmeriōn,Tib. 4, 1, 64), m., = Κιμμέριοι.
* A Thracian people in the present Crimea, on both sides of the Dnieper, whose chief town was Cimmerium, Mel. 1, 19, 15; Plin. 6, 6, 5, § 17; 6, 13, 14, § 35.— Hence
* Cimmĕrĭus, a, um, Cimmerian: Bosporus,Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 77: litus,Ov. P. 4, 10, 1.
* A fabulous people supposed to have dwelt in caves, between Baioe and Cumoe, Fest. p. 43, 4 sq.; cf. Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61; Sil. 12, 132; perpetual darkness prevailed among them,Tib. 4, 1, 64; Val. Fl. 3, 398; here Somnus had his abode,Ov. M. 11, 592 sq.—Poet., the Lower World: Cimmerii lacus,Tib. 3, 5, 24; cf. Verg. Cul. 230; v. Lidd. and Scott, under Κιμμέριοι.
* Gen. Cimmeriūm, Val. Fl. 3, 399; Cimmeriōn,Tib. 4, 1, 64), m., = Κιμμέριοι.
* A Thracian people in the present Crimea, on both sides of the Dnieper, whose chief town was Cimmerium, Mel. 1, 19, 15; Plin. 6, 6, 5, § 17; 6, 13, 14, § 35.— Hence
* Cimmĕrĭus, a, um, Cimmerian: Bosporus,Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 77: litus,Ov. P. 4, 10, 1.
* A fabulous people supposed to have dwelt in caves, between Baioe and Cumoe, Fest. p. 43, 4 sq.; cf. Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61; Sil. 12, 132; perpetual darkness prevailed among them,Tib. 4, 1, 64; Val. Fl. 3, 398; here Somnus had his abode,Ov. M. 11, 592 sq.—Poet., the Lower World: Cimmerii lacus,Tib. 3, 5, 24; cf. Verg. Cul. 230; v. Lidd. and Scott, under Κιμμέριοι.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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