Cimber

Latin Etymology The gens stems from a nickname given by both la cel - (la cel-gau -) and la gem - 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 la Cimbri. Germanic dialectal forms included kemffer, kempher, kemper, kimber, and kamper. Pronunciation Cimber Proper noun Cimber<2> The name of a Roman gens, famously held by: Tillius Cimber, one of the assassins of Julius Caesar Declension Cimber<2> 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