Sigambri
Ἡ μωρία δίδωσιν ἀνθρώποις κακά → Inepta mens hominibus impertit mala → Die Torheit gibt den Menschen Unglück zum Geschenk
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Sĭgambri: (also Sĭcambri, Sy-gambri, and Sŭgambri), ōrum, m., = Σύγαμβροι, Ptol. Dio Cass.; Σούγαμβροι, Strabo,
I a powerful people of Germany, between the Sieg and the Ruhr, and as far as the Lippe (the mod. Cleve, Berg, and Recklingshausen), Caes. B. G. 4, 16; 4, 18 sq.; 6, 35; Hor. C. 4, 2, 36; 4, 14, 51; Tac. A. 2, 26; 12, 39; Suet. Aug. 21; Mart. Spect. 3, 9.—Hence,
A Sĭgamber, bra, brum, adj., of or belonging to the Sigambri, Sigambrian: cohors, Tac. A. 4, 47 fin.— Subst.: Sĭgambra, ae, f., a Sigambrian woman, Ov. Am. 1, 14, 49.—
B Sĭgam-brĭa, ae, f., the country of the Sigambri, Sigambria, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 383.
