Cimmerian
- of, relating to, or suggestive of a mythological northern people believed to dwell in perpetual darkness
- very dark or gloomy
proper noun
- one of a mythological people who lived in a land of darkness at the edge of the world
- ancient Eastern Iranian equestrian nomadic people originating in the Caspian steppe, part of whom subsequently migrated into West Asia
- orogenic belt
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /sɪˈmɪəɹ.ɪ.ən/ / /sɪˈmɪɹ.i.ən/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English Cimmeria Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Cimmerian From Cimmeria + -an.
- related to the prehistoric continent of Cimmeria
name
Etymology: From the Latin Cimmerius, from Ancient Greek Κιμμέριος (Kimmérios, “pertaining to the Cimmerii”) + -an.
- The language of the Cimmerians, possibly belonging to the Iranian branch.
noun
Etymology: From the Latin Cimmerius, from Ancient Greek Κιμμέριος (Kimmérios, “pertaining to the Cimmerii”) + -an.
- 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,”
“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.
“Believe me, queen, your swarth Cimmerian Doth make your honour of his body's hue, Spotted, detested, and abominable.”
“The Phrygian power was broken in the 9th or 8th century B.C. by the Cimmerians, who entered Asia Minor through Armenia”
- 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...”