Cimmerian

cimmerian English + Sibyl Etymology 1 From the en la Cimmerius, from en grc Κιμμέριος pertaining to the Cimmerii en an. Pronunciation sĭ-mîr′ē-ən en /sɪˈmɪə.ɹi.ən/ RP en /sɪˈmɪ(ə)ɹ.i.ən/ GA en ɪəɹiən 4 Noun en Greek mythology Any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness. en 1791 w:Homer The Odyssey of Homer w:William Cowper The city, there, of the Cimmerians standsWith clouds and darkness veil’d, on whom the sunDeigns not to look with his beam-darting eye, en 1900 w:Jack London The Shrinkage of the Planet On their mysterious shores were the improbable homes of impossible peoples. The Great Sea, the Broad Sea, the Boundless Sea; the Ethiopians, "dwelling far away, the most distant of men," and the Cimmerians, "covered with darkness and cloud," where "baleful night is spread over timid mortals." One of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin. Believe me, queen, your swarth CimmerianDoth make your honour of his body's hue,Spotted, detested, and abominable. en 1902 Encyclopedia Britannica The Phrygian power was broken in the 9th or 8th century B.C. by the Cimmerians, who entered Asia Minor through Armenia 1910, Herodotus (484 –425 ), History of Herodotus, translated by George Rawlinson In his reign the Cimmerians, driven from their homes by the nomads of Scythia, entered Asia and captured Sardis en historical The prophetic priestess presiding over the Apollonian Oracle at Cimmerium in Italy. 1867 to 1885, Lactantius (240–320 ), Ante-Nicene Fathers, translated by William Fletcher Varro relates that there were ten Sibyls,—the first of the Persians, the second the Libyan, the third the Delphian, the fourth the Cimmerian... Translations any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness Greek: el Κιμμέριος m Polish: pl Kimmeryjczyk m, pl Kimmeryjka f Portuguese: pt cimério m Spanish: es cimerio m one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin Armenian: hy կիմեր, hy գամիր French: fr Cimmérien m German: de Kimmerier m, de Kimmerierin f Hungarian: hu kimmer Italian: it Cimmero m Portuguese: pt cimério m Russian: ru киммери́ец m Spanish: es cimerio m Ukrainian: uk кімері́єць m, uk кімері́йка f, uk кіммері́єць m, uk кіммері́йка f prophetic priestess at Cimmerium French: fr Kimmérien Italian: it Cimmero m, it Cimmera f Latin: la Cimmerius Spanish: es Cimmerio m Adjective Pertaining to the ancient Cimmerians. Characteristic of Cimmeria, especially in having particularly dense darkness etc. 12 II there it sleepeth, here it slumbreth: more or lesse they are ever darknesses, yea Cimmerian darknesses. en 1913 Edgar Rice Burroughs The Return of Tarzan Ballantine Books New York 1963 140 Tarzan slept until midnight, then he arose and crept into the Cimmerian blackness of the forest. en 2023 Clive Oppenheimer Mountains of Fire: The Menace, Meaning, and Magic of Volcanoes But the recent explosions had tapped just a fraction of Tambora’s compressed magma—the real paroxysm came five days later. Crawfurd, two islands away, was forced to conduct his daily affairs by candlelight as a gigantic ash cloud plunged the whole region into Cimmerian gloom. https://books.google.com/books?id=T9XUEAAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=Cimmerian 101 University of Chicago Press 9780226826349 Translations describing particularly dense darkness German: de kimmerisch Proper noun The language of the Cimmerians, possibly belonging to the Iranian branch. Translations language Armenian: hy կիմերերեն German: de Kimmerisch n Russian: ru киммерийский Etymology 2 en :af Cimmeria -an + 1 Adjective - Related to the prehistoric continent of Cimmeria. Further reading Cimmerian Bosporus Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus en Ancient Near East Extinct languages