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Cim, indecl. n.: nomen vici, Cels. ap. Prisc. pp. 644 and 688 P.

Cimber, bri, v. Cimbri.

Cimbri, ōrum, m., = Κίμβροι [Cimbri linguā Gallicā latrones dicuntur, Fest. p. 43, 7],

  1. I. a people of Northern Germany (in Holstein, Silesia, and Jutland); on their irruption into Italy conquered by Marius, Mel. 3, 3 fin.; Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 167; 4, 13, 27, § 94 sq.; Tac. G. 37; Caes. B. G. 1, 33; 1, 40; 2, 4; Liv. Epit. lib. 63-68; Prop. 2, 1, 24; Flor. 3, 31 sq.; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 20, 60; id. Tusc. 2, 27, 65; id. Off. 1, 12, 38.
    In sing.: Cimber, bri, m., a Cimbrian, Val. Max. 2, 10, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 29; and adj., Cimbrian: triumphus, Ov. P. 4, 3, 45.
    Cimber, also, a cognomen of L. Tillius, one of the murderers of Cœsar, Cic. Phil. 2, 11, 27; Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 3.
    Hence,
  2. II. Cimbrĭcus, a, um, adj., Cimbrian: scutum, Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 38: manubiae, Auct. Or. pro Dom. 38, 102: bellum, Plin. 36, 25, 61, § 185: victoria, Plin. 7, 22, 22, § 86; Flor. 3, 3, 20.
    * Adv.: Cimbrĭcē, in the manner of the Cimbrians: loqui, Quint. Decl. 3, 13.

† cīmēlĭarcha, ae, m., = κειμηλιάρχης, a treasurer, keeper of treasure, Cod. Just. 7, 72, 10.

† cīmēlĭarchĭum, ii, n., = κειμηλιάρχιον, a place where jewels are deposited, a treasury, Cod. Just. 7, 72, 10, § 2; 11, 47, 19.

Cimē̆tra, ae, f., a town of Samnium, Liv. 10, 15, 6.

cīmex, ĭcis, m. (so always acc. to Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 619 sq.; but fem., Plin. 32, 10, 47 § 136 Sillig and Jan.), a bug, Liv. Andron. ap. Fest. p. 210, 17; Varr. R. R. 1, 2 fin.; Col. 6, 18, 2; Plin. 30, 14, 45, § 131; 29, 4, 17, § 61; Veg. 2, 33, 2; 5, 14, 21; Cat. 23, 2; Petr. 98, 1; Mart. 11, 32 al.
As a term of reproach, * Hor. S. 1, 10, 78.

‡ cīmĭco, āre, = κορίζω, to purify from bugs, Gloss. Gr. Lat.

Cĭmĭnus, i, m., a lake in Etruria, near Sutrium, now Lago di Vico, or di Ronciglione, with a mountain forest lying near it, Verg. A. 7, 697.
Hence, Cĭmĭnĭus, a, um, adj., Ciminian: lacus, i.e. Ciminus, Col. 8, 16, 2: silva, Liv. 9, 36, 1 sq.; 10, 24, 5; Plin. 2, 96, 98, § 211: saltus, Liv. 9, 36, 6; cf. Flor. 1, 17, 2: mons, Liv. 9, 36, 11.
As subst.: Cĭ-mĭnĭa, ae, f., the region about Lake Ciminus, Amm. 17, 7, 13.

Cimmĕrii, ōrum (gen. Cimmeriūm, Val. Fl. 3, 399; Cimmeriōn, Tib. 4, 1, 64), m., = Κιμμέριοι.

  1. I. A Thracian people in the present Crimea, on both sides of the Dnieper, whose chief town was Cimmerium, Mel. 1, 19, 15; Plin. 6, 6, 5, § 17; 6, 13, 14, § 35.
    Hence,
    1. B. Adj.
      1. 1. Cimmĕrĭus, a, um, Cimmerian: Bosporus, Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 77: litus, Ov. P. 4, 10, 1.
      2. 2. Cimmĕrĭcus, a, um, Cimmerian: oppida, Mel. 2, 1, 3.
  2. II. A fabulous people supposed to have dwelt in caves, between Baiœ and Cumœ, Fest. p. 43, 4 sq.; cf. Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61; Sil. 12, 132; perpetual darkness prevailed among them, Tib. 4, 1, 64; Val. Fl. 3, 398; here Somnus had his abode, Ov. M. 11, 592 sq.
    Poet., the Lower World: Cimmerii lacus, Tib. 3, 5, 24; cf. Verg. Cul. 230; v. Lidd. and Scott, under Κιμμέριοι.

Cĭmōlus, i, f., = Κίμωλος,

  1. I. an island of the Cyclades, distinguished for its chalky soil, now Kimolo or Argentiera, Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 70; Ov. M. 7, 463.
    Hence,
  2. II. Cĭmō-lĭus, a, um, adj., of or from Cimolus: creta (freq. used in medicine), Cels. 2, 33; Col. 6, 17, 4; Scrib. Comp. 245; Veg. 2, 29; 3, 4; cf. Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 195 sq.

Cīmon (Cīmo, Val. Max. 5, 4, ext. 2), ōnis, m., = Κίμων.

  1. I. Father of Miltiades, Nep. Milt. 1.
  2. II. A son of Miltiades, a distinguished general of the Athenians, whose life is written by Nepos, Nep. Cim. 1 sqq.; cf. also Cic. Off. 2, 18, 64; Sen. Contr. 4, 24, p. 275 sqq. Bip.; Val. Max. 5, 3, ext. 3; Just. 2, 15, 18.