Κιμμέριοι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=οἱ, <span class="title">Cimmerians</span>, a mythical people dwelling beyond the Ocean in perpetual darkness, <span class="bibl">Od.11.14</span>; later, a nomad people of the steppes, who invaded Asia Minor, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.15</span>, etc.:—also Κίμμεροι, Lyc.695:—Adj. Κιμμερικός, ή, όν, <span class="title">Cimmerian</span>: K. [[ἰσθμός]] [[the Crimea]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>730</span>; K. Βόσπορος <span class="bibl">Str.1.1.10</span>, al.:—also Κιμμέριος, α, ον, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.12</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ Κιμμερίη</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[γῆ]]) ibid.: Κιμμερίς, ίδος, ἡ, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 478</span>, <span class="bibl">Apollod.2.1.3</span>.

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m. pl.<br />Meaning: `mythical people beyond the Ocean (λ 14); in historical times a people of Asia Minor, s. Von der Mühl, Mus. Helvet.16 (1969) 145-151.<br />Derivatives: [[Κιμμερίς]] (Arist.), [[Κιμμερικός]] (A.), [[κιμμερικόν]] [[womans cloth]], <b class="b3">κιμβερικόν χιτωνίσκου εἶδος πολυτελοῦς</b>, <b class="b3">ο λέγεται στατός</b>.<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Iran.X<br />Etymology: Heubeck, Hermes 91 (1963) recalls <b class="b3">κάμμερος ἁχλύς</b>; <b class="b3">κέμμερος ἁχλύς</b>, [[ὀμίχλη]] H. (proposed to derive from Hitt. [[kammara-]]). The word could be a loan from Anatolia. Ivantchik, Les Cimmériens au Proche Orient, Fribourg-Göttingen 1993, 127-154; from <b class="b2">&#42;Gimer-</b> or <b class="b2">&#42;Gimir-</b>. Perh. an Iranian people, but no etym.