cimmerian
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cimmerian¹
- /sɪˈmɪə.ɹi.ən/ UK
- /sɪˈmɪ(ə)ɹ.i.ən/ US
Rhymes with -ɪəɹiən
Where it comes from
From Cimmerian.
adjective more cimmerian · most cimmerian
- Perpetually dark or gloomy. There, under ebon shades... in dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
- Mentally dark; ignorant; benighted. The source of man’s unhappiness is his ignorance of Nature.... To remove this Cimmerian darkness... requires the clue of Ariadne.
Cimmerian²
- /sɪˈmɪə.ɹi.ən/ UK
- /sɪˈmɪ(ə)ɹ.i.ən/ US
Rhymes with -ɪəɹiən
Where it comes from
From the Latin Cimmerius, from Ancient Greek Κιμμέριος (Kimmérios, “pertaining to the Cimmerii”) + -an.
noun Cimmerians
- Any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness. The city, there, of the Cimmerians stands With clouds and darkness veil’d, on whom the sun Deigns not to look with his beam-darting eye,
- One of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin. Believe me, queen, your swarth Cimmerian Doth make your honour of his body's hue, Spotted, detested, and abominable.
- The prophetic priestess presiding over the Apollonian Oracle at Cimmerium in Italy. 1867 to 1885, Lactantius (240–320 C.E.), 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...
adjective more Cimmerian · most Cimmerian
- Pertaining to the ancient Cimmerians.
- Characteristic of Cimmeria, especially in having particularly dense darkness etc. there it sleepeth, here it slumbreth: more or lesse they are ever darknesses, yea Cimmerian darknesses.
proper noun
- The language of the Cimmerians, possibly belonging to the Iranian branch.
Cimmerian³
adjective
- Related to the prehistoric continent of Cimmeria.
Translations
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adj perpetually dark or gloomy
| Deutsch | kimmerisch |
|---|
noun any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness
| Español | cimerio |
|---|---|
| Português | cimério |
| Ελληνικά | Κιμμέριος Kimmérios |
noun one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin
| Español | cimerio |
|---|---|
| Português | cimério |
| Français | Cimmérien |
| Deutsch | Kimmerier, Kimmerierin |
| Italiano | Cimmero |
| Русский | киммери́ец kimmeríjec |
adj describing particularly dense darkness
| Deutsch | kimmerisch |
|---|
name language
| Deutsch | Kimmerisch |
|---|---|
| Русский | киммерийский kimmerijskij |
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title = {cimmerian},
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