Cimmerian

Meanings

Noun

• Any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness.
• one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin
• the prophetic priestess presiding over the Apollonian Oracle at Cimmerium in Italy.

Adjective

• Pertaining to the ancient Cimmerians.
• Characteristic of Cimmeria; especially describing particularly dense darkness etc.
• related to the prehistoric continent of Cimmeria

Proper Noun

• the language of the Cimmerians, possibly belonging to the Iranian branch

Origin

• From the Latin Cimmerius, from Ancient Greek Κιμμέριος -an.
• Cimmeria + -an.