Sigambri

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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.