Κιμμέριος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly a borrowing from Scythian [Term?], [Term?] (“mobile unit”),[1] or from Scythian [Term?] (“union of clans”).[2] Cognate with Neo-Assyrian 𒆳𒄀𒂇𒊏𒀀𒀀 (Gimirrāya). Compare Old Armenian Գամիրք (Gamirkʻ) and Biblical Hebrew גֹּמֶר (Gomer).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

Κιμμέρῐος • (Kimmérĭos) m (genitive Κιμμερίου); second declension

  1. a Cimmerian, one of an ancient people from the steppes who later invaded Asia Minor.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Κῐμμέρῐος; τοῦ Κῐμμερῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ Κῐμμέρῐος
ho Kĭmmérĭos 		τὼ Κῐμμερῐ́ω
tṑ Kĭmmerĭ́ō 		οἱ Κῐμμέρῐοι
hoi Kĭmmérĭoi
Genitive τοῦ Κῐμμερῐ́ου
toû Kĭmmerĭ́ou 		τοῖν Κῐμμερῐ́οιν
toîn Kĭmmerĭ́oin 		τῶν Κῐμμερῐ́ων
tôn Kĭmmerĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ Κῐμμερῐ́ῳ
tōî Kĭmmerĭ́ōi 		τοῖν Κῐμμερῐ́οιν
toîn Kĭmmerĭ́oin 		τοῖς Κῐμμερῐ́οις
toîs Kĭmmerĭ́ois
Accusative τὸν Κῐμμέρῐον
tòn Kĭmmérĭon 		τὼ Κῐμμερῐ́ω
tṑ Kĭmmerĭ́ō 		τοὺς Κῐμμερῐ́ους
toùs Kĭmmerĭ́ous
Vocative Κῐμμέρῐε
Kĭmmérĭe 		Κῐμμερῐ́ω
Kĭmmerĭ́ō 		Κῐμμέρῐοι
Kĭmmérĭoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Κιμμέριος (Kimmérios)
  • → Latin: Cimmerius

References

  1. ^ Sergey Tokhtasyev (1991), “CIMMERIANS”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York
  2. ^ Harmatta, János (1996), “10.4.1. The Scythians”, in Joachim Hermann, Sigfried de Laet, editors, History of Humanity, volume 3, UNESCO, →ISBN, page 181

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