Cimmĕrii, ōrum (gen. Cimmeriūm, Val. Fl. 3, 399; Cimmeriōn, Tib. 4, 1, 64), m., = Κιμμέριοι.
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,
B Adj.
1 Cimmĕrĭus , a, um, Cimmerian : Bosporus, Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 77: litus, Ov. P. 4, 10, 1.—
2 Cimmĕrĭcus , a, um, Cimmerian : oppida, Mel. 2, 1, 3.—
II A fabulous people supposed to have dwelt in caves , between Baiae and Cumae , Fest. p. 43, 4 sq.; cf. Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 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.