Arminius

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Arminius, probably from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *ermunaz, but has been associated, at least since the 16th century, with the name Herman, German Hermann.

Proper noun

Arminius

1. (history) A chieftain of the Cherusci (an ancient Germanic tribe) who defeated the Romans in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
2. Jacobus Arminius, Dutch theologian and founder of Arminianism.

Translations

Germanic chieftain

• Armenian: Արմինիոս (Arminios), Արմին (Armin)
• French: Arminius
• German: Hermann (de) m, Arminius m
• Greek: Αρμίνιος (Armínios)
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• Italian: Arminio (it)
• Latin: Arminius
• Portuguese: Armínio m
• Russian: Арми́ний (ru) (Armínij)

Dutch theologian

• Portuguese: Armínio m
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Anagrams

• Sumirian

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Latin

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /arˈmi.ni.us/, [ärˈmɪniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /arˈmi.ni.us/, [ärˈmiːnius]

Proper noun

Arminius m sg (genitive Arminiī or Arminī); second declension

1. Arminius

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Arminius
Genitive	Arminiī Arminī1
Dative	Arminiō
Accusative	Arminium
Ablative	Arminiō
Vocative	Arminī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• Arminius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Arminius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray