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{{also|cimmerian}}
==English==
{{slim-wikipedia|Cimmerians}}
{{slim-wikipedia|Cimmerian Sibyl}}

===Etymology 1===
From the {{bor|en|la|Cimmerius}}, from {{der|en|grc|Κιμμέριος|t=pertaining to the Cimmerii}} {{suffix|en||an}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|en|/sɪˈmɪəɹ.ɪ.ən/|a=UK}}
* {{IPA|en|/sɪˈmɪɹ.i.ən/|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪəɹɪən|ɪɹiən|s=4}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|Greek mythology}} Any of the [[mythical]] people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1791|author=w:Homer|title=[[s:The Odyssey of Homer (Cowper)/Book XI|The Odyssey of Homer]]|translator=w:William Cowper
|passage=The city, there, of the '''Cimmerians''' stands<br />With clouds and darkness veil’d, on whom the sun<br />Deigns not to look with his beam-darting eye,}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1900|author=w:Jack London|title=[[s:Revolution and Other Essays/The Shrinkage of the Planet|The Shrinkage of the Planet]]
|passage=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
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Titus|text=Believe me, queen, your swarth '''Cimmerian'''<br />Doth make your honour of his body's hue,<br />Spotted, detested, and abominable.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1902|title=Encyclopedia Britannica
|passage=The Phrygian power was broken in the 9th or 8th century B.C. by the '''Cimmerians''', who entered Asia Minor through Armenia}}
#* '''1910''', [[w:Herodotus|Herodotus]] (484 {{B.C.E.}}–425 {{B.C.E.}}), ''[[s:History of Herodotus/Book 1|History of Herodotus]]'', translated by [[w:George Rawlinson|George Rawlinson]]
#*: In his reign the '''Cimmerians''', driven from their homes by the nomads of Scythia, entered Asia and captured Sardis
# {{lb|en|historical}} the prophetic priestess presiding over the Apollonian Oracle at Cimmerium in Italy.
#* '''1867''' to '''1885''', [[w:Lactantius|Lactantius]] (240–320 {{C.E.}}), ''[[s:Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume VII/Lactantius/The Divine Institutes/The Epitome of the Divine Institutes/Chap. V|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=====
{{trans-top|any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|Κιμμέριος|m}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|Kimmeryjczyk|m}}, {{t|pl|Kimmeryjka|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|cimério|m}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|cimerio|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin}}
* Armenian: {{t|hy|կիմեր|sc=Armn}}, {{t+|hy|գամիր|sc=Armn}}
* French: {{t+|fr|Cimmérien|m}}
* German: {{t|de|Kimmerier|m}}, {{t|de|Kimmerierin|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|kimmer}}
* Italian: {{t|it|Cimmero|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|cimério|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|киммери́ец|m}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|cimerio|m}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|кімері́єць|m}}, {{t|uk|кімері́йка|f}}, {{t|uk|кіммері́єць|m}}, {{t|uk|кіммері́йка|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|prophetic priestess at Cimmerium}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* French: {{t-check|fr|Kimmérien}}
* Italian: {{t-check|it|Cimmero|m}}, {{t-check|it|Cimmera|f}}
* Latin: {{t-check|la|Cimmerius}}
* Spanish: {{t-check|es|Cimmerio|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Adjective====
{{en-adj}}

# Pertaining to the ancient Cimmerians.
# Characteristic of Cimmeria; especially describing particularly dense [[darkness]] etc.
#* {{RQ:Montaigne Florio Essayes|chapter=12|book=II|passage=there it sleepeth, here it slumbreth: more or lesse they are ever darknesses, yea '''Cimmerian''' darknesses.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|2023|{{w|Clive Oppenheimer}}|Mountains of Fire: The Menace, Meaning, and Magic of Volcanoes|text=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.|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=T9XUEAAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=Cimmerian|page=101|publisher={{w|University of Chicago Press}}|isbn=9780226826349}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|describing particularly dense darkness}}
* German: {{t|de|kimmerisch}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Proper noun====
{{en-proper noun}}

# the [[language]] of the Cimmerians, possibly belonging to the Iranian branch

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|language}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|կիմերերեն}}
* German: {{t|de|Kimmerisch|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|киммерийский}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{suffix|en|Cimmeria|an}}.

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|-}}

# related to the prehistoric continent of [[Cimmeria]]

===References===
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